With preparations for the 2030 census already underway, President Trump said Thursday he has instructed his administration to start work on a “new” census.
In a social media post, Trump also called for an unprecedented exclusion of millions of people living in the U.S. without legal status.
The 14th Amendment requires the “whole number of persons in each state” to be included in a key set of census numbers used to determine how presidents and members of Congress are elected.
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