Time - President Donald Trump is calling for a new census that excludes undocumented immigrants from its population count amid his push to redraw electoral maps in Republicans' favor and weaken the political power of those voters less likely to support him.
Trump on Thursday announced that he has directed the Department of Commerce to "immediately" start working on an updated census that is “highly accurate” and uses the 2024 presidential election “results and information.”
The census, which the Constitution mandates to count every resident of the United States every 10 years, was last conducted in 2020. It is used to determine the number of seats delegated to each state in the House of Representatives—a process the 14th Amendment requires be based on a count of “the whole number of persons in each State.” The population count also informs how the government allocates federal funding for programs and public services including healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
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