Phoenix to sue feds over proposed citizenship question on Census

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Phoenix City Council members voted Tuesday to sue the federal government over a proposed question about U.S. citizenship on the 2020 Census.

The council voted 7-2 to approve the motion to authorize City Manager Ed Zuercher to “join an appropriate lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Census Bureau decision to include a citizenship question in the 2020 Census.”

Councilmen Jim Waring and Sal DiCiccio voted against the motion.

Mayor Greg Stanton said in a statement that the question about citizenship will “inevitably result in an undercount — and Phoenix and its residents have too much to lose in the 2020 Census count if it’s not done right.

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