Trump’s New Census Rule Would Remove Illegal Immigrants From Counting. Here’s Why He’s Doing It.

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The Trump administration is proposing changes to the 2030 Census that would add a citizenship question and exclude illegal immigrants from the population count used to determine how many representatives each state gets in Congress. The proposal comes amid concerns about the impact of illegal immigration on congressional representation, following a historic increase in the number of illegal immigrants living in the United States. Will the proposed rule pass? And could a future administration reverse it?

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