WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that he is taking executive action to add a citizenship question to the census, according to NBC News.
Trump tweeted that he will hold a press conference in the afternoon to discuss his latest efforts at including the citizenship question as part of the census.
"The White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today," Trump tweeted. "Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes (probably)! At its conclusion, we will all go to the beautiful Rose Garden for a News Conference on the Census and Citizenship."
Last week, Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn when asked if he would issue an executive order: "We're thinking about doing that."
The administration is currently printing census forms without the question after the Supreme Court ruled late last month that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross did not provide an adequate reason for why the question was necessary.
