If my memory is correct?
He talked about this before….
Running the Census and NOT counting people he and his people wanted to NOT count….
The Consitution CLEARLY mandates counting EVERYBODY in this Country….
EVERYBODY…..
Ref : Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment amended Article I, Section 2 to include that the “respective Numbers” of the “several States” will be determined by “counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.”
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Decennial U.S. census figures are based on actual counts of persons dwelling in U.S. residential structures. They include citizens, non-citizen legal residents, non-citizen long-term visitors and undocumented immigrants. The Census Bureau bases its decision about whom to count on the concept of usual residence. Usual residence, a principle established by the Census Act of 1790, is defined as the place a person lives and sleeps most of the time…..
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President Trump said Thursday morning he has ordered the Commerce Department to begin working on a new census, emphasizing that those who are in the country illegally not be counted in the total.
“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter,” the president added.
The Hill has reached out to the Commerce Department for comment.
Trump’s order comes as he has pushed Republican-leaning states to outline new congressional maps that would be more favorable to GOP House candidates before the 2026 midterms. Texas in particular has made national headlines in recent weeks as the president said the GOP is “entitled” to gain at least five House seats in the state in next year’s election….
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A census is required every 10 years, as outlined in the Constitution. It is designed to count every resident in the U.S., according to its website.
The data gathered in the census determines the number of House seats each state has, and it is also utilized to help dish out hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding to local communities.
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I SERIOUS doubt Trump’s gonna get anywhere with this…
But he’ll give a try I’m sure….
Oh?
Under counts would NOT help Red States MORE than Blue States….