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by Axios | 1.15.19

A federal judge in New York on Monday ruled against the Trump administration's decision to include a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Why it matters: Critics argue that the inclusion of a citizenship questions would lead to an inaccurate census count because legal and undocumented immigrants would refuse to participate. Demographers say an undercount would skew the distribution of federal funds among states and reduce the political power of heavily Democratic states with large immigrant communities during the next round of redistricting for legislative and congressional seats in 2021.

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