Federal judge writes that new evidence 'potentially connects the dots between a discriminatory purpose' and a decision by Sec. Ross to add citizenship question to 2020 census.
BALTIMORE — New evidence paints a"disturbing picture" that racial discrimination may be the motive behind the Trump administration's push to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status, a federal judge wrote in a Monday filing.
But the federal judge's opinion appears to strongly buttress arguments from voting rights activists who assert that newly discovered emails from a deceased Republican architect of political maps show the proposed citizenship question was intended to discriminate in an effort to restrict the political power of Democrats and Latino communities.
Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, said in a memo last year that the Justice Department wants to ask the question to gather data to help identify majority-minority congressional districts, which the Voting Rights Act calls for when possible. In his written opinion, Hazel said the new evidence shows that Hofeller was"the first person" to talk to Mark Neuman, a Commerce Department transition official who played an"outsized role" advising Ross on census decisions, regarding the addition of a citizenship question.
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