The Trump administration has proposed altering the U.S. Census to count only U.S. citizens and permanent residents, a change that could significantly impact political representation and federal funding allocation across states. This proposal, submitted by the U.S. Census Bureau over a year after President Trump directed the agency to develop a new census excluding unlawfully present immigrants, would also remove questions on race and ethnicity from the questionnaire, which have been included since the first census in 1790. The proposal is currently open for public comment for 30 days.

Demography experts and civil rights advocates warn that these changes could distort the data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts, enforcing anti-discrimination laws, and distributing federal funds for public services. Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data equity program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, stated that the effort could have “earth-shattering” effects, potentially leaving cities and states with substantial immigrant populations underrepresented and underfunded. Anand emphasized that census data underpin many democratic and societal functions, and flawed data could lead to misguided political, business, and investment decisions. [Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-proposes-dropping-huge-181104098.html]

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