Trump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race

President Trump issued directives for the 2030 census that would exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count used to allot congressional seats and remove the race and ethnicity question from the census form. The changes would alter how congressional representation is calculated and affect demographic data collection used by federal agencies and policymakers. The census, conducted every 10 years, determines the distribution of 435 House seats among states and informs federal funding allocations for various programs.

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