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Texas Could Lose Political Clout Under Trump’s Call for a New Census that Excludes Undocumented Immigrants
Excluding 1.7 million undocumented immigrants from the census could shift congressional seats and Electoral College votes from Democrat-leaning to Republican-controlled states, experts say.
- President Trump directed the Commerce Department to begin work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants to reshape political representation.
- This move follows Trump’s belief that the 2020 census overcounted Democratic states and aims to shift power to Republican-controlled areas, including Texas.
- Texas, home to about 1.7 million undocumented immigrants, is redrawing its congressional map to secure up to five additional Republican seats amid this effort.
- Vice President JD Vance projected that a new census under the Trump administration could shift Congressional representation by increasing the number of seats for Republicans by around ten while reducing the number assigned to Democrats by nine, even as experts caution that excluding certain residents may conflict with the 14th Amendment.
- If implemented, the proposed census faces likely legal and logistical challenges and could alter Electoral College allocations and federal funding distribution nationwide.
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Texas could lose political clout under Trump’s call for a new census that excludes immigrants who lack legal status
WASHINGTON — As Texas moves to redraw its congressional map at the behest of President Donald Trump, the White House is pushing ahead on another proposal to safeguard GOP power in Washington that could have major implications for Texas.
Trump Wants to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From the Census. What to Know
President Donald Trump has called for a “new” census that excludes undocumented migrants from its count. If this new census were realized and used for the core functions of the current one — determining how seats in the Electoral College and the US House of Representatives are apportioned and how some federal funding is distributed — it would have wide-ranging implications for the US.
Trump Wants to Change Census to Exclude Illegal Immigrants—What to Know
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 …
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