President Donald Trump will no longer pursue to the 2020 US census questionnaire
Washington sources said officials would obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a census. Meanwhile the retreat follows a long fight over the inclusion of the question, which the Supreme Court blocked in June.
Furthermore critics called the question politically
motivated and said it would lead to fewer immigrant households taking part. Reportedly
the administration had argued that the question would bolster protections for
minority voters. On Thursday, Mr Trump said: "We are not backing down on our
effort to determine the citizenship status of the