The Trump administration said on July 2 they will begin printing 2020 census forms without the citizenship question. This comes days after the Supreme Court blocked the administration from being able to include it onto the nationwide questionnaire.

Former Obama White House lawyer Daniel Jacobson first made the announcement in a Twitter post on July 2. He posted a screenshot of an email from DOJ attorney Kate Bailey who confirmed the decision to drop the question.

The Trump administration said on July 2 they will begin printing 2020 census forms without the citizenship question. This comes days after the Supreme Court blocked the administration from being able to include it onto the nationwide questionnaire.

Former Obama White House lawyer Daniel Jacobson first made the announcement in a Twitter post on July 2. He posted a screenshot of an email from DOJ attorney Kate Bailey who confirmed the decision to drop the question.

"We can confirm that the decision has been made to print the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process," Bailey wrote in the email.