Policies & Analysis
Learn more about the policies and actions taken by the Trump-Vance administration, and how they threaten communities, freedoms, and democracy.
The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to
Neglect to count undocumented immigrants in future censuses
In a Truth Social post, President Trump called for a new census that does not count undocumented immigrants.
President Trump informally directed the Commerce Department to begin working on a new census that does not count undocumented immigrants. He also stated that the Commerce Department should use the results and information from the 2024 presidential election in this effort; it is unclear what he meant. Excluding undocumented immigrants from the census would buck decades of precedent and seek to boost efforts to apportion more seats to Republicans in the House of Representatives. Asking immigration questions may cause some households, especially households with immigrants (documented and undocumented) to decline to respond--leading to inaccurate data and less federal funding flowing to undercounted regions. President Trump tried something similar in his first term, but it was ultimately halted by the courts.
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How communities are responding
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