Trump administration proposes dropping huge swath of immigrants from US census
The proposal would shift House apportionment and federal funding while drawing legal challenges from civil-rights groups and states.
- On Wednesday, the Trump administration proposed 2030 census changes to exclude non-U.S. citizens without green cards from apportionment counts and remove race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation questions from future 10-yearly census forms.
- These revisions follow the Trump administration's failed 2020 efforts to add a citizenship question and exclude undocumented residents; the Supreme Court blocked that attempt as a 'contrived' rationale.
- Critics warn the proposal challenges the 14th Amendment's requirement to count the 'whole number of persons in each state,' and changes would affect Electoral College votes, potentially shifting political power between regions.
- Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data equity program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said census data 'undergirds so much of our democracy and our society,' as the proposal enters a 30-day public comment period.
- The Heritage Foundation's 'Project 2025' agenda previously urged officials to 'thoroughly review any changes' to census data; while the Census Bureau claims demographic information remains collectable through other surveys, opponents fear this restructuring will undermine anti-discrimination protections.
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Trump seeks to remake the census by dropping noncitizens and race questions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to overhaul the U.S. census to exclude noncitizens who don’t have a green card from the country’s next population count in 2030, according to a Wednesday notice in the Federal Register. The document, which will officially be published Thursday, could mean major changes for how millions in federal funding […]
Trump administration aims to exclude many noncitizens from the census • West Virginia Watch
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to overhaul the U.S. census to exclude noncitizens who don’t have a green card from the country’s next population count in 2030, according to a Wednesday notice in the Federal Register.
Trump administration aims to exclude many noncitizens from the census • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to overhaul the U.S. census to exclude noncitizens who don’t have a green card from the country’s next population count in 2030, according to a Wednesday notice in the Federal Register. The document, which will officially be published Thursday, could mean major changes for how millions in federal funding […]
Following Project 2025 Playbook, Trump Officials Unveil Plan to Rig 2030 Census
“The Constitution is clear. Every person living in the United States, regardless of immigration status, must be counted in the Census,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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