Trump officials revive a bid to alter the U.S. census and reshape voting maps
The Trump administration is proposing changes to the 2030 census that would exclude non-U.S. citizens from the count used to determine congressional representation. Critics and civil rights groups argue this violates the Constitution and are preparing for potential legal challenges.
Why it matters
Altering census methodology could significantly shift political power and federal funding distribution across the United States.
Politics Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps The Trump administration is making a new push to exclude millions of U.S. residents from a key census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."
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