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Ability to stick with an issue, i don't think it's there. it's just not the kind of intellect you want in the white house. >> bill weld, 2020 presidential candidate and former governor of massachusetts. we have breaking news in washington on the trump administration's effort to get a question about citizenship onto the 2020 census. pete williams has been looking into this and joins us with more. >> the aclu has discovered new documents that show the real origins of this idea that it was not as the commerce secretary wilbur ross testified before congress, it's not an idea that originated in t...

Fundamentally counterproductive to the goal of obtaining accurate citizenship data. the inclusion of the citizenship question on the census threatens the foundation of the democratic system. >> that is one accept from the 112 case. shannon: we all learned -- >> i will say this decision on several basis, the commerce department didn't follow the rules to get to the decision but the more interesting thing is the constitutional issue, he said the decision violates the constitution because it defeats the ability of the government to carry out its responsibility of enumeration to counter people in ...

Citizenship question to the 2020 census, ruling wilbur ross overstepped his authority under federal law by asking the question. the commerce a parent oversees the census. this is a blow to the justice department which is seeking more accurate citizenship data. the case will likely go to the supreme court. >> angel families storming the offices of chuck schumer and nancy pelosi demanding they work with the president on border security. is this a wake-up call democrats need to get serious on the wall? the issue hitting close to home for our next guest whose son was murdered by an illegal immigra...

We make sure that this census is not come pry mizeed that we focus on making sure that we count everyone in this country so that resources are appropriated properly so as you well know those resources go to infrastructure, they go to schools, they go to community development and all those things are important to all of us, whether we are democrats or whether we are republicans. >> sandra: wilbur ross laid this out he said the data would help the department of justice protect the voting rights act. shouldn't we collect and have the most accurate data, accurate citizenship data in this country t...

The commerce department made the announcement last night because the census bureau is part of commerce. in their statement they said this citizenship data will help doj better enforce the voting rights act which essentially protects minority voting rights. the argument is the data would provide information about minority populations in communities when doj is handling voting rights violation cases. opponents say that is baloney. a coalition of state attorneys general, they've been pushing the commerce department not to make this move for fear it would cause a population undercount because immi...