Trump's Push to Alter Census Data and Citizenship Counts
TL;DR
The Trump administration indicated it plans to estimate U.S. citizenship figures using existing data sources rather than conducting a new mid-decade census, aiming to exclude unlawful immigrants, but faces legal and constitutional challenges, with critics arguing it undermines the constitutional requirement to count all persons.
- After Trump’s Demand for a ‘New’ Census, Commerce Department Signals Intent to Infer Citizenship Figures From Existing Data Democracy Docket
- Trump’s demand for a new census is unconstitutional — and impossible MSNBC News
- Trump Demands Census Excluding Undocumented Immigrants Amid Redistricting Fight The New York Times
- Trump’s never-ending quest to mess with the census CNN
- Who counts in America? Trump wants to decide Al Jazeera
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