Citizenship Question Will Be Reinstated in 2020 Census

In a controversial move, the Commerce Department announced Monday that the question of citizenship will again be included in the 2020 Census.

The move comes at the request of the Justice Department, first made in the early days of the administration, saying it was needed to better enforce the Voting Rights Act.

The 2020 census will ask respondents whether they are United States citizens, the Commerce Department announced Monday night, agreeing to a Trump administration request with highly charged political and social implications that many officials feared would result in a substantial undercount.