New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a June news conference in New York City. James' office is now leading a coalition of states and other groups in defending the Census Bureau's long-standing policy of including unauthorized immigrants in population counts used for reapportioning seats in Congress. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
People gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last month as decisions are handed down, including on the census. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators against a proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
People gather in front of the Supreme Court last week, some opposing the controversial citizenship question that the Trump administration tried to add to the 2020 census. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to forms for the 2020 census. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pauses as the House Oversight and Reform Committee votes on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
ACLU's Voting Rights Project Director Dale Ho (center) speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April after arguing on behalf of plaintiffs in the lawsuits over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Diana Escamilla (center), an organizer with Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles, poses for a photo with volunteers Angeles Rosales and Janet Mendez in front of a 2020 census outreach campaign poster in Spanish. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April as the justices hear oral arguments over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Never before has the U.S. census directly asked for the citizenship status of every person living in every household in the United States. A citizenship question that the Trump administration wants on the 2020 census could change that. Above, newly sworn-in U.S. citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at Mount Vernon in Virginia. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court will announce decisions on a host of important cases over the next month. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
The coronavirus epidemic has forced the Census Bureau to postpone its field operations, but the bureau is still collecting information from households responding on their own. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Worshippers exiting a mosque in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., are handed fliers encouraging participation in the 2010 census. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images hide caption
Greetings from Texas! Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau found seven of the nation's fastest growing cities are in Texas. Found Image Holdings Inc/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. government is conducting a test run of the 2020 census in Rhode Island's Providence County, where many noncitizens living in Central Falls, R.I., say they're planning to avoid participating in the national head count. RussellCreative/Getty Images hide caption