Trump administration proposes excluding certain immigrants from US census

North America Politics Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:25:08 GMT Moderate confidence — 74/100

The proposal aims to exclude certain categories of legal and undocumented immigrants from the count, which is used to determine US House seats.
The administration of President Donald Trump is attempting a major overhaul of the United States census, submitting a proposal that would exclude some noncitizens from the population count.
Under the proposal, released by the Department of Commerce on Wednesday, US citizens and lawful permanent residents would be counted in the census.

The proposal aims to exclude certain categories of legal and undocumented immigrants from the count, which is used to determine US House seats.
The administration of President Donald Trump is attempting a major overhaul of the United States census, submitting a proposal that would exclude some noncitizens from the population count.
Under the proposal, released by the Department of Commerce on Wednesday, US citizens and lawful permanent residents would be counted in the census.

Sources: Al Jazeera