TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Governor Ron DeSantis said if there is a mid-decade census, Florida lawmakers would be forced to return to Tallahassee and redraw the state's congressional map. But civil rights groups and census experts are sounding alarms, saying the country needs to hold off. The DeSantis administration is urging the federal government to consider a new census, saying the state of Florida was shortchanged in the last count.

President Donald Trump also called on the department of commerce to begin working on a new census excluding illegal immigrants. But civil rights groups and census experts say some officials need to turn a new leaf and move past the issues with the 2020 census count. "I know some public officials are still complaining about the accuracy of the 2020 census.

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