President trump has said hes dropping his attempt to add a Citizenship Question to next years us census. The move was blocked by the Supreme Court last month. Opponents fear it could deter immigrant households from taking part in the census, lead to an undercounting of the population in democratic districts, and benefit the president s republican party. But he still hopes to press on, announcing instead an executive order, requiring all Government Agencies and departments to provide records on population. Today im here to say were not backing down in our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population. I stand before you to outline new steps my administration is taking to ensure that citizenship is counted so that we know how many citizens we have in the United States. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes, explains why the citizenship issue is such a politicised and controversial issue, and so important to President Trump. It has become increasingly p
President trump has said hes dropping his attempt to add a Citizenship Question to next years us census. The move was blocked by the Supreme Court last month. Opponents fear it could deter immigrant households from taking part in the census, lead to an undercounting of the population in democratic districts, and benefit the president s republican party. But he still hopes to press on, announcing instead an executive order, requiring all Government Agencies and departments to provide records on population. Today im here to say were not backing down in our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population. I stand before you to outline new steps my administration is taking to ensure that citizenship is counted so that we know how many citizens we have in the United States. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes, explains why the citizenship issue is such a politicised and controversial issue, and so important to President Trump. It has become increasingly p
All the sport with hugh ferris. We are watching the mens semifinals at wimbledon today, before roger against rougher later, Novak Djokovic is attempting to reach his six final, he is already set up in his match. We will have the latest just after 2 30pm. Thanks and ben rich has all the weather. Whether looking innocuous, sunny spells around, areas of cloud, one or two showers, but innocuous is not what we would say in the south of the usa, Tropical Storm storm barry bringing damaging the raid, the full lowdown just before 2 30pm. Also coming up englands women start their bid to win a first netball world cup this evening, with a match against uganda in liverpool. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Britain is sending a second warship to the gulf as tensions with iran rise. Hms duncan will bejoining hms montrose, which earlier this week had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british oil tanker. Hms duncan, a type 45 destroyer, will operate alongside hm