Trump demanded that American households be taken away from a new count based on their 2024 election victory.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is seeking a new census of American households and seeking immigrants who did not enter the country to be legally excluded from the count.
“Our Commerce Department has directed us to immediately begin work on a new, highly accurate census based on modern facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information obtained from the 2024 presidential election. People in our country are not counted in the census. Trump said true socially.
The United States conducts a census once every 10 years, as required by the US Constitution. The government last counted US residents and their five territories in 2020, when households can first respond online.
The count includes foreign-born residents in the United States, including legal permanent residents, students, refugees, asylum seekers, and those who entered the country without permission.
“The US Census Bureau collects data from all foreign-borns who participate in census and surveys, regardless of their legal status. Therefore, fraudulent immigration is implicitly included in the Census Bureau’s estimates of the total population of foreign-born people,” its website states.
The US Constitution requires how often census is conducted, and the process is governed by federal law.
“The actual enumeration will be made within three years of the first meeting of the US Congress and within all the following ten years, in a direct way by law,” states Article 2, Section 2.
Title 13 of the US Code requires the Census Bureau to provide the language of certain questions to Congress at least two years ago.
A push for Trump’s new census will arise as Texas Republicans seek to promote a redrawn Congressional district that could potentially bring the GOP to the 2026 midterm elections. After Congressional seats were redistributed following the final US Census, Republicans gained control of the House. Republicans currently make up a majority of the three slim seats in the Chamber of Commerce.
Neither the US Census Bureau nor the Commerce Department responded to requests for comment.
Contribution: Erin Mansfield
