President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration had not dropped its efforts to add a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census, contradicting statements made by his own officials, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 blocked Trump¡¯s plan to add the citizenship question, saying administration officials had given a ¡°contrived¡± rationale.

Administration officials including Ross said on Tuesday that the census forms were being printed without the citizenship question.