WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after a U.S. District Court Judge blocked the Trump Administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Decennial Census and found that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the law, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement:

“It is important to conduct a fair and accurate count of all persons in our country.  The Trump Administration is attempting to undercount minority communities in a way that could take away federal resources and even perhaps representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“This ruling is a win for our Constitutional principles and a rebuke of the Trump Administration’s attempt to ignore, and in some cases violate, the law.”