Posted on 09/09/2026 3:21:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
They could also reshape congressional representation and federal funding allocations.
Millions of residents could be excluded from the U.S. census, congressional representation could be reshaped and federal funds could be reallocated across states under changes proposed by the Trump administration.
In the proposal posted to the federal register Wednesday, the Census Bureau suggested adding a citizenship question to the decennial questionnaire, which President Donald Trump has wanted since his first term.
The proposal argues that the census count should exclude any undocumented immigrants and noncitizens without permanent residency because they are “not true inhabitants, members of the body politic, or persons with a ‘usual residence’ in the United States due to their lack of a sufficient tie and allegiance to the United States.”
Under the newly proposed rules, refugees and asylum seekers would be excluded from the population count.
Trump administration officials also want to prohibit the Census Bureau from asking certain demographic questions, including about race, ethnicity or sexual orientation, claiming the survey “should be colorblind and should not be distorted in any way by questions about immaterial personal characteristics.”
The Census has collected data on race and ethnicity since 1790.
Trump has for years pushed to alter how the American population is tallied every decade, including unsuccessful efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The Supreme Court ultimately froze that plan, saying Trump officials had provided a “contrived” reason for wanting such information.
Trump later said the citizenship question was needed to affect the redistricting process, an argument the Justice Department did not use in its legal defense. Census results every 10 years determine how the...
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If you should not be counted in our census you need to leave our country. Today.
“Millions of residents could be excluded from the U.S. census, congressional representation could be reshaped and federal funds could be reallocated across states under changes proposed by the Trump administration.”
Amy just gave away the Democrats immigration position.
They forgot to include “...millions that shouldn’t vote.”
Does the Post think that we are as stupid as....DemocRATz?
Or even worse, as stupid as...ptui-ptui...journ-0-lists?
If someone has an article about this that is not from a far-left source, please post it.
Can you please excerpt and post the part where all the “mistakes” in 2020 benefited Dems?
Who does the Compost say are being left out? ILLEGALS?
Its the main reason why Dems brought illegals here in the first place, ship them to different areas all over the country, means more congressional seats for dems, without illegals Dems would lose 25 house seats
Psssht. Ya.
Top of top three reasons he was elected.
This is why Democratic states have so many representatives. Illegals should not be counted as citizens. Yes, it under funds schools because blue states give illegal children free education. Free meaning citizens pay for it. I’m sure it’s free in red states too, but I suspect that will change if it truly becomes illegal to stay in the country.
A nurse told me that they aren’t even allowed to take an illegal’s name. But I go into the hospital fee first.
“Millions” of... who?
“Resident” Illegal Aliens should not count towards Electoral College Representation for electing Presidents or counting Congressional Districts.
Just because someone broke the law should not make for more Democrats.
Citizens? Or illegal democrat voters? The latter I’d bet.
You mean we’re no longer going to count Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean?
Millions who should never have been counted in the first place.
Residents or citizens?
There are dozens of articles about it, none from reputable news sources.
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Millions of Illegals.
The headline must have got cut off or something.
Since 1790. Didn’t the constitution count slaves representation differently?
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