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    Emails Connect Census Official With GOP Strategist On Citizenship Question

    A Census Bureau official privately discussed the citizenship question issue with Thomas Hofeller, who plaintiffs in census lawsuits argue drove the Trump administration's push for the question.
    by Hansi Lo Wang Jun 15, 2019 4 minutes

    A high-ranking Census Bureau official privately discussed the citizenship question issue with GOP redistricting strategist Thomas Hofeller in 2015, according to emails cited in a new court filing in the legal battle over the potential census question.

    A community organizing group and others challenging the question in Maryland argue that communication shows that at least one key Census Bureau official had long been aware of Hofeller's interest in a citizenship question, which the plaintiffs say drove the administration's efforts to include the question on forms for the 2020 census.

    "They eliminate any colorable doubt about the link between Hofeller and government employees involved in the citizenship question

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