President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has directed his administration to initiate a new census that omits illegal migrants from its count.
In a social media post, Trump said those living in the U.S. without legal status should not be included.
“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to promptly commence work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on contemporary data and, importantly, by utilizing the results and insights from the Presidential Election of 2024. Individuals who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump stated on Truth Social.
The United States generally conducts a census every ten years. The most recent count of residents in the United States and its five territories occurred in 2020, marking the first time households could respond online.
Historically, the census includes foreign-born residents within the United States, such as lawful permanent residents, students, refugees, asylum seekers, and those who entered the country without authorization.
The implications of Trump’s initiative to exclude illegal aliens—and determining who can vote—have already underscored the left’s long-standing strategy of augmenting their influence in Congress.
“The U.S. Census Bureau gathers data from all foreign-born individuals participating in its censuses and surveys, irrespective of legal status. Consequently, unauthorized migrants are implicitly part of the Census Bureau’s estimates of the total foreign-born population,” states its website, as reported by USA Today.
Trump’s move would address past instances of demographic change driven by illegal migrants and their families.
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“Illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born minor children will redistribute five seats in 2020, with Ohio, Michigan, Alabama, Minnesota, and West Virginia each losing one seat in 2020 that they otherwise would have had. California and Texas will each have two additional seats, and New York will have one additional seat,” according to a report by the Center for Immigration Studies.
As recently as 2020 there was an estimated 11 to 22 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. The Census that year estimated that at current legal and illegal immigration levels, by 2060, about one-in-six residents will have been born outside the country.
The next U.S. Census will be conducted in 2030.
