Thread by @hansilowang

BREAKING: The Trump administration has decided to print the #2020Census forms without a #CitizenshipQuestion & the printer has been told to start the printing process, @TheJusticeDept spokesperson Kelly Laco confirms to @npr.

@TheJusticeDept @NPR 2. Commerce @SecretaryRoss says the @uscensusbureau has "started the process of printing the decennial questionnaires without the question."

"My focus, and that of the Bureau and the entire Department is to conduct a complete and accurate census.”👇

@TheJusticeDept @NPR @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau 3. @SpeakerPelosi calls Trump admin decision to print #2020Census forms without a #CitizenshipQuestion "a welcome development for our democracy."

“House Democrats will be vigilant to ensure a full, fair and accurate Census."👇

@TheJusticeDept @NPR @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau @SpeakerPelosi 4. @RepCummings: Trump admin "put our country through more than a year of wasted time & squandered resources—all in the service of an illegal attempt to add a discriminatory question based on a pretext. Now they need to direct all their attention" to #2020Census "nuts & bolts"👇

@TheJusticeDept @NPR @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau @SpeakerPelosi @RepCummings 5. @KristenClarkeJD of @LawyersComm: "The Supreme Court’s ruling left little opportunity for the administration to cure the defects with its decision to add a citizenship question and, most importantly, they were simply out of time given the deadline for printing forms."

@TheJusticeDept @NPR @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau @SpeakerPelosi @RepCummings @KristenClarkeJD @LawyersComm 6. @dale_e_ho of @ACLU: “In light of the Supreme Court's ruling, the Trump administration had no choice but to proceed with printing the 2020 census forms without a citizenship question. Everyone in America counts in the census, and today's decision means we all will.”

@TheJusticeDept @NPR @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau @SpeakerPelosi @RepCummings @KristenClarkeJD @LawyersComm @dale_e_ho @ACLU 7. UPDATE: @MALDEF's Thomas Saenz says U.S. District Judge George Hazel of Maryland has ordered Trump admin & #CitizenshipQuestion lawsuit plaintiffs in Maryland to agree on a written stipulation on #2020Census by Monday, July 8👇

8. Here’s my and @_amita_‘s write-up on Trump admin moving ahead with printing #2020Census forms without a #CitizenshipQuestion👇

npr.org/2019/07/02/738…