The Brief

President Donald Trump is directing the Department of Commerce to modify the way the Census Bureau collects data to exclude "people in the U.S. illegally."

"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. People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Trump said on Truth Social Thursday.

It’s unclear if Trump would launch a mid-decade census or change the standards for 2030 or adjust how the estimates are counted between censuses. The Associated Press reported that the Supreme Court blocked Trump from adding

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