Phoenix • Phoenix officials have agreed to join other cities around the county seeking to drop a question about American citizenship from the 2020 U.S. Census.
The City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to include the city in one of the lawsuits filed against the federal government by either New York or California.
Phoenix officials say there are at least 213,000 non-citizens living in what is now the United States’ fifth largest city. They say fear keeping non-citizens from participating in the Census could mean a loss of federal dollars.
Authorities say the U.