The Citizenship Question

Published: June 5, 2019, 11:59 a.m.

A hearing is scheduled for today to address new evidence in the case against the Trump administration's inclusion of a citizenship question on the census. A federal judge in New York could sanction the Commerce Department after the ACLU unearthed evidence that it said showed the Trump administration added a citizenship question to the census for no reason other than to bolster the Republican party. The evidence was found by the daughter of the late Thomas Hofeller, a Republican redistricting expert whose paperwork said a citizenship question "would clearly be a disadvantage to the Democrats" and "advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic whites." The administration disputes it but the ACLU said the writings prove the true intent of the question. ABC's Aaron Katersky joins Tony to discuss.