President Donald Trump is seeking to change how the U.S. Census Bureau collects data and exclude illegal immigrants from the U.S. Census.
Trump ordered the Commerce Department to do so and announced the plan via a post to Truth Social, writing that the department would begin work on a “new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024.”
Those in the country illegally “will not be counted in the census,” Trump wrote in capital letters.
The proposed change continues a long-running effort by the president to reduce the political and fiscal impact of illegal immigration on the United States….
Trump Wants to Change Census to Exclude Illegal Immigrants—What to Know
