Immigrants Could Be Dropped From Census
The plan would exclude undocumented immigrants and some non-citizens from the apportionment count and remove questions on race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.
- On Wednesday, the Trump Administration proposed limiting the 2030 census to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, excluding undocumented immigrants and non-citizens without permanent residency from the official count.
- The Administration justified removing demographic questions by citing "the sensitive nature of questions about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation" and "the reduced need for or usefulness of this information."
- Six states with the largest unauthorized immigrant populations—California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois—could lose House seats and federal funding under the proposed changes, according to Pew Research Center data.
- Removing demographic data prevents measuring health disparities and directing prevention programs to vulnerable communities; two Federation of American Scientists staffers noted changes make disparities "harder to find, harder to measure, and harder to fix."
- These proposals require approval before implementation, though legal challenges are expected; if enacted for the 2030 census, the changes would disproportionately impact states with large non-citizen populations.
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Immigrants could be dropped from census
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed changing the national census to include only U.S. citizens and permanent residents, a move that could significantly change how much political representation and federal funding each state receives.
Trump's Bold Census Plan Could Strip Congressional Seats from Blue States
The states with the largest illegal immigrant populations stand to lose significant congressional representation under a sweeping new proposal from the Trump administration that would exclude noncitizens without legal status from the official census count.
A draft presented on 9 September by the Trump administration proposes to reserve for US citizens and permanent residents - holders of a "green card" - the counting of the 2030 census, determining the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives.
Trump administration moves to strip immigrants from census count
THE TRUMP administration proposed on Wednesday changing the national census to include only US citizens and permanent residents, a move that could significantly change how much political representation and federal funding each state receives.The US Census Bureau submitted the proposal a year after President Donald Trump ordered its parent agency to craft a new census that would block immigrants in the US illegally from being counted. The bureau …
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