ACLU files new evidence with Supreme Court on citizenship question
Source: UPI
June 25 (UPI) -- Opponents to a plan to ask U.S. residents about citizenship during the 2020 Census have filed with the Supreme Court what they say is more evidence that the plan is a political strategy to aid Republicans.
The American Civil Liberties Union notified the court Monday of a lower court ruling last week where GOP strategist Thomas Hofeller's personal computer files were presented.
The ACLU said evidence in that case indicates Hofeller, who died last year, conducted a 2015 study that found Republicans and non-whites could gain an advantage when drawing congressional districts if census takers ask residents if they're legal U.S. citizens.
"This new evidence indicates that the addition of a citizenship question will have a substantially greater impact on noncitizens self-response rates than was evidence in the record available at the district court at trial," ACLU Voting Rights Project Head Dale Ho wrote in a letter to the Supreme Court.
Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/06/25/ACLU-files-new-evidence-with-Supreme-Court-on-citizenship-question/8951561457433/
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