President Donald Trump on Thursday called on his Commerce Department to begin work on a “new” census that would exclude undocumented migrants and reflect results of the 2024 election, a move would have wide-ranging implications for political and economic power in the US.
The census determines each state’s representation in Congress — and therefore the Electoral College that elects presidents — and also helps determine federal funding to local communities.
“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately 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,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform Thursday. “People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS.”
Trump did not specify how census-takers would use election results to count people and it was unclear if he was calling for an additional count or a revamped approach to the census scheduled for 2030.
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