President Trump announced Thursday he’s ordering a rare mid-decade census to exclude illegal immigrants, escalating the redistricting battle between Republicans and Democrats.
“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 on TRUTH Social.
“People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS.”
HUGE
Trump tells the Dept of Commerce to redo the Census and remove illegal aliens from it
Huge huge huge pic.twitter.com/Ui6dy6tM8J
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 7, 2025
From The New York Post:
Typically, the US Census Bureau “collects data from all foreign-born who participate in its censuses and surveys, regardless of legal status.”
Censuses are critical for determining how the 435 seats in the House of Representatives are allocated. Every decade after a census is completed, states undergo a redistricting process in which they determine the boundaries of their congressional districts.
The Constitution requires a census every 10 years, but there have been rare occasions, such as the 1970s, when mid-decade national headcounts were pursued. In most cases, such as the 1975 attempt, the effort for a mid-decade count was dropped.
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The last census, conducted for 2020, undercounted significantly in many red states like Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, while overcounting in many blue states like Delaware, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.
According to popular X account Election Wizard, a new census could spell big gains for Republicans in the House.
“Democrats could lose BIG between Red state redistricting, SCOTUS possibly striking down race-based districts and a new Census excluding non-citizens; these factors could collectively cost them 32 to 42 seats in a worst-case scenario.”
🚨 REPORT: Democrats could lose BIG between Red state redistricting, SCOTUS possibly striking down race-based districts and a new Census excluding non-citizens; these factors could collectively cost them 32 to 42 seats in a worst-case scenario. pic.twitter.com/bQ3ToEKzUS
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) August 7, 2025
More over at The New York Post:
Trump calls for rare mid-decade census to exclude illegal migrants as redistricting battle heats up https://t.co/OwAiZ0UOxk pic.twitter.com/wULvYl9Qpj
— New York Post (@nypost) August 7, 2025
