U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross arrives with U.S. President Donald Trump after landing aboard Air Force One at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday denied a media report https://nbcnews.to/2XPQJ4B that President Donald Trump is considering removing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross after a Supreme Court defeat on adding a citizenship question to the census.
Trump retreated on Thursday from adding a contentious question on citizenship to the 2020 census, but insisted he was not giving up his fight to count how many noncitizens are in the country and ordered government agencies to mine their databases.
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