Article snippet: MORE said Thursday he is dropping his administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a reversal that comes days after he demanded his team push forward after the Supreme Court blocked the move. Trump said that he would instead issue an executive order requiring federal agencies to provide the Commerce Department information on citizens and noncitizens in the United States, a process he said would provide a more accurate count. “Today, I am here to say we are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population,” Trump said during remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House, flanked by Commerce Secretary MORE. “I'm proud to be a citizen,” Trump continued. “You're proud to be a citizen. The only people that are not proud to be citizens are the ones who are fighting us all the way about the word ‘citizen.’ " The Justice Department confirmed that it will no longer pursue the question’s addition in court. Spokesperson Kerri Kupec said in a statement the executive order “represents an alternative path to collecting the best citizenship data now available” and the department would tell the courts the administration “will not include a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census.” Census materials — without a citizenship question — were already being printed amid the back-and-forth at the White House. The decision caps off months of intense legal and political fights that touched on issues ... Link to the full article to read more