President Trump stated Thursday morning he has ordered the Commerce Division to start engaged on a brand new census, emphasizing that those that are within the nation illegally is not going to be counted within the complete.
“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 in a Thursday morning put up on Fact 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 Division for remark.
Trump’s order comes as he has pushed Republican-leaning states to stipulate new congressional maps that will be extra favorable to GOP Home candidates earlier than the 2026 midterms. Texas specifically has made nationwide headlines in current weeks because the president stated the GOP is “entitled” to achieve at the very least 5 Home seats in subsequent 12 months’s election.
A census is required each 10 years as outlined within the Structure. It’s designed to depend each resident within the U.S., in accordance to its web site.
The info gathered within the census determines the variety of Home seats every state has, and it is usually utilized to assist dish out lots of of billions of {dollars} in federal funding to native communities.
“The census tells us who we are and where we are going as a nation and helps our communities determine where to build everything from schools to supermarkets, and from homes to hospitals,” the Census Bureau stated.
