New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Tuesday that he will “lead a multi-state lawsuit” over the citizenship question added to the 2020 census, a day after California sued the Trump administration over the issue. 

“A fair and accurate count of all people in America is one of the federal government’s most solemn constitutional obligations,” Schneiderman said. “The Trump Administration’s reckless decision to suddenly abandon nearly 70 years of practice by demanding to know the citizenship status of each resident counted cuts to the heart of this sacred obligation—and will create an environment of fear and distrust in immigrant communities that would make impossible both an accurate Census and the fair distribution of federal tax dollars.”

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