Trump Wants to Change Census to Exclude Illegal Immigrants—What to Know

The nationwide count determines the distribution of U.S. House seats and trillions in federal funding.
Trump Wants to Change Census to Exclude Illegal Immigrants—What to Know
This April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a Detroit resident. Paul Sancya/AP Photo
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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.”