Civil rights groups turn to locals to ramp up pressure on Congress to undo citizenship question

Democratic lawmakers and civil rights organizations are turning to churches, community groups and college campuses to help pressure Congress to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census.

The decision to add the controversial question to the Census has been a hot topic on Capitol Hill, where civil and voting rights groups, including Asian Americans Advancing Justice and the National Urban League, recently hosted panels focused on the issue.

Earlier this month, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus denounced the decision by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to add the question and urged him to reverse it.

Supporters of the decision argue the question should be asked.

“I want to know how many American citizens and how many legal voters we have in this country,’’ said Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La.

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