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Trump directs Commerce Department to create new US Census

UNITED STATES, AUG 7 – Trump directs Commerce to exclude an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants from the census to reshape congressional representation and federal funding allocation, critics warn of legal challenges.

  • President Trump announced he has directed the Department of Commerce to create a new US Census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the population count.
  • Trump's proposal marks a shift from longstanding census practices of counting all residents regardless of immigration status.
  • The census is used to determine congressional representation and excluding undocumented immigrants may impact states like California, Florida and Texas.
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The purpose of this request is in particular to obtain possible electoral gains. The counting of the population, carried out every ten years, is used to determine the number of major voters, state by state, for the presidential election, as well as to determine the number of elected members of each state in the American Congress.

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The New Republic broke the news in on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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