Trump administration proposes major 2030 census changes: What to know
Summary
The Trump administration proposed changing the 2030 U.S. census to count only U.S. citizens and permanent residents, excluding people living in the country illegally. The Census Bureau shared this plan online following President Trump’s direction to create new rules for the census.Key Facts
- The proposed change would exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2030 census count.
- Currently, the census counts every person living in the U.S., regardless of legal status.
- President Trump directed the Commerce Department to develop this change more than a year ago.
- The Census Bureau is part of the Commerce Department and is responsible for conducting the census.
- The census helps determine government funding and political representation.
- Changing who is counted could affect resource distribution and the number of seats states get in Congress.
- This proposal was made public online by the Census Bureau.
- The 2030 census will be the first one under this proposed counting method if approved.
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