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AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Trump's census plan could reshape voting maps, eliminate race questions

The Trump administration's renewed attempt to rewrite the rules for counting the U.S. population could upend congressional apportionment in future elections and likely spark a flurry of legal challenges. Why it matters: The administration has proposed cutting undocumented immigrants and people without lawful permanent status from the 2030 tally, a sharp expansion of Trump's prior attempts to overhaul the count that could redefine who is considered part of the U.S. population. - "The current administration wants to have their own definition of who are real Americans, which is not the same as what the census has counted for many, many decades," says William Frey, a senior fellow with Brookings Metro and a demographer who has been a…

AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Trump Administration Proposes Major Changes to 2030 Census Count

People who are in the country illegally lack the necessary ties to qualify as usual residents for apportionment purposes. Source

AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Trump officials push citizenship question in test survey for 2030 census

The Trump administration is moving forward with a field test of a citizenship question as part of early 2030 U.S. Census planning, raising fresh alarm that the question could make a comeback after being blocked in 2019. Why it matters: The change is part of a broader push to reshape how the U.S. counts its people, and reduce the practice of counting undocumented immigrants to determine congressional apportionment, Electoral College votes, and the distribution of $2.8 trillion in federal funds. - Any change that alters who gets counted can shift political power and resources across states. Driving the news: The plan that's part of a regulatory filing follows President Trump's August announcement that he had instructed the Commerce…

DAILYCALLER (Geoffrey Ingersoll) - INGERSOLL: How’d We Get Back To 3/5ths A Person?

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