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President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new U.S. census that excludes undocumented immigrants, per Newsweek .

“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 Thursday (August 7) on his Truth Social platform. “People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS.”

For decades, all residents, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, have been counted in the census for congressional apportionment. Trump’s request could significantly reshape the country’s politic

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