On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump ordered that the U.S. census be updated in order to cut out the counting of illegal aliens.
The president issued the decree from his Truth Social account. Many on the right have been calling for the census to count only legal residents, while Democrats have benefitted from increased representation in districts with large illegal alien populations.
'People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS.'
"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," wrote Trump.
"People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN