Two U.S. government witnesses falsely testified about decision-making about a proposed Census question asking for citizenship status, according to a new filing in the Southern District of New York by civil rights groups suing the Trump administration in a bid to block the question.

Inaccurate statements were given over the formulation of the question as well as the persons involved in developing that part of the decennial head count of persons living in the United States, according to the filing.

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