U.S. President Donald Trump dropped plans on Thursday (July 11) to add a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 census, but insisted the government would obtain the data by other means. "We are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population," Trump said in an announcement at the White House.

Trump vows to 'leave no stone unturned' to obtain citizenship data for census

US President Donald Trump backed down Thursday from a push to force a controversial question on citizenship onto the 2020 census following a backlash by civil rights campaigners.

Donald Trump backs down on including citizenship question in 2020 census

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