President Trump has instructed the Department of Commerce to change the way the census bureau collects data.
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Apple CEO Tim Cook and U.S. Vice President JD Vance during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Apple Inc. announced a $100 billion investment in manufacturing facilities in the U.S., on top of an announcement in February committing over the next four years to a $500 billion investment in the U.S. economy and the addition of 20,000 new jobs. collects data. Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday that he wants the bureau to exclude immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. A move generating mixed reactions. I think the president is trying to force attention on that issue. As to who should be counted and how they should be counted," attorney & legal scholar Jonathan Turley said while appearing on Fox News. "Trump rather cheat and fudge with the numbers instead of delivering resources to people. It's really problematic," Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, D-Mich., told CNN's Jake Tapper. Trump wrote that the new census will be based on modern-day figures, using information he claims was gained from the 2024 presidential election. But it would likely face significant legal hurdles since the Constitution's 14th Amendment requires a count of the whole number of people in each state. He cannot unilaterally order a new census. The census is governed by law, not to mention the Constitution," former congressional staffer and census consultant Terri Ann Lowenthal told the Associated Press. Trump's directive also adds another element to the fight to gain the upper hand in next year's midterms. The Justice Department recently launched a nationwide effort to clean up voter rolls, purge duplicate registrations, and catch non-citizens with voter status. They have different strategies going into the election based on their own philosophies to what they think is an important part of the political process," said Darryl Paulson, a professor emeritus of government at the University of South Florida. The DOJ also requested voter and election information from at least 19 states. A move that could signal a shift in the department's election involvement. Concentrate on those marginal states always, where a reduction of 10,000 democratic voters in this state really may have an impact on the outcome in those states," Paulson said. In 2020, Trump also tried to change how the population is counted. He issued an executive memorandum preventing undocumented immigrants from being counted on the census. But it was stopped from taking effect.
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