Trump administration decides not to include citizenship question in 2020 census

The Trump administration has dropped a controversial plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, marking a major victory for civil rights groups.

It comes just days after the supreme court blocked efforts to include the question, ruling that the government’s justification seemed “contrived”.

The white house argued it would bolster protections for minority voters.

But opponents said it would deter immigrant households from taking part in the once-a-decade population count.

Democrats and civil rights groups feared this reluctance would lead to millions of people – mostly Latinos and African Americans – not being counted.