The U.S. government has proposed a major shift in how the national census is conducted, aiming to exclude immigrants living in the country without legal authorization from the count ahead of the 2030 census. Under the plan, only U.S. citizens and permanent residents would be included, marking a departure from previous practices where all residents—regardless of legal status—were tallied. The Census Bureau formally introduced the proposal online, following a directive issued over a year earlier by the administration to explore such changes. The move could reshape political representation and federal funding allocations across the country.
The Trump administration proposed to change the national census to only count U.S. citizens and permanent residents and exclude immigrants living in the country illegally ahead of the 2030 census. The Census Bureau released the proposal online Wednesday, more than a year after President Trump directed the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau, to develop...
