Trump Orders Controversial Census Changes Amid Intensifying Redistricting Battles
Trump Orders Controversial Census Changes Amid Intensifying Redistricting Battles President Donald Trump on Thursday, August 6, 2025, directed the Commerce Department to initiate work on a new census, demanding the exclusion of undocumented immigrants from the count. The controversial order, announced via social media, specifies that the new census should be based on ‘modern day facts and figures’ and incorporate results from the 2024 Presidential Election. This directive directly challenges the U.S. Census Bureau’s 235-year practice of counting all foreign-born…