Governor Phil Murphy, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, and Secretary of State Tahesha Way responded today to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rejected a decision by the Trump Administration to include a citizenship question in the 2020 U.S. Census.
In an opinion issued this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Department of Commerce, et al. v. State of New York, et al., a case in which the State of New Jersey and other plaintiffs challenged the Trump Administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the Census. In a mixed ruling, the Supreme Court agreed with New Jersey and other plaintiffs that the reasons given by the federal government for its action were “contrived”—that the Trump Administration misled the American public. The court will send the issue back to the Department of Commerce to reconsider its action.
“The Supreme Court has done the right thing by refusing to blindly go along with the Trump Administration’s politically motivated addition of a citizenship question to next year’s Census,” said Governor Murphy. “The addition of such a question would be nothing more than an attempt to intimidate immigrant communities and reduce federal funding and political representation for diverse states like New Jersey. The Supreme Court’s decision will give the Department of Commerce an additional opportunity to justify its decision, meaning that this fight is far from over. While the final outcome is still unknown, my administration will continue to pursue all avenues to oppose a citizenship question and will always stand up for the right of all New Jersey residents to be fairly and accurately counted.”
Attorney General Grewal and Secretary Way agreed.
“The Supreme Court just confirmed what we’ve said all along: the Trump Administration misled all of America with ‘contrived’ reasons for adding a citizenship question to the Census,” Attorney General Grewal added. “This is a big win, but we need to keep up the fight to ensure that everyone counts.”
“We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision today. Regardless of the eventual outcome, I strongly encourage all New Jersey residents to participate in the Census,” said Secretary Way. “Our residents’ responses to the Census will determine how much federal funding New Jersey receives for the next decade. A complete count that accounts for everyone in New Jersey will secure fairer Congressional representation and our fair share of billions of dollars in federal funding.”
Deport illegal immigrants. Enforce the law. Census or no census. Not a citizen? No vote. Send the easy driver’s license and ID requirements for states to the Supreme Court. Let them kill that. Citizen voter rolls MUST determine the stats not the senseless census. Fix the voter fraud. This is all politically motivated to turn the US into Venezuela. Have you visited Pelosi’s state lately? Welcome to the future.
Drain you are unfortunately ill informed when it comes to CA. It has the largest economy of any state. On a worldwide basis the economy of CA would rank 5th. I’m not here to defend the state, but merely provide some verifiable facts. I’m not sure about voter fraud in NJ, how rampant is it? I live in a vote by mail state and there were only 2 incidents of voter fraud, both committed by republicans working where ballots were bein counted. I don’t know a single state where non citizens are permitted to vote. Can you please name one? Thanks in advance and have a great day.
California now allows non citizens to vote in local elections. It also has the largest homeless population of in the State is Nancys district
Thanks for your response just. Do you have any info on the voter fraud in NJ? Frankly I’m not opposed to local rule and I do recognize folks here illegally do pay taxes, probably more in NJ and NY due to sales taxes. It’s understandable that NY and CA would have the highest homeless populations in the US. They are among the most populous of states, that’s why on a proportionate basis NYC has double the homeless of the entire bay area. (FWIW I’m quoting US gov stats.)
Deport everyone and let the Indians have there land back! africans europeans asians etc! They were here first! Maia! Make America Indian Again? Yes or No?