Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on July 18, 2018. A federal judge on Friday ordered Ross to testify in a lawsuit on a question about citizenship added to the U.S. census. (Leah Millis/Reuters)A federal judge ordered Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit challenging Ross’s addition of a question about citizenship to the U.S. census, in a new opinion filed Friday. Their communities would then be undercounted, leading the government to provide less federal funding for services like roads and schools. “Secretary Ross testified to Congress that [the Department of Justice] initiated the request for the citizenship question because of Voting Rights Act concerns; yet documents show otherwise, instead reflecting Secretary Ross’ concern for reducing representation of communities with large immigrant populations.

Source: Washington Post September 21, 2018 23:28 UTC