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…
The proposals for 2030 are among significant changes that would upend a process for helping allot congressional seats and shape policies that address disparities.
The Census Bureau's proposed rule changes for 2030 could reshape political representation and federal funding by excluding illegal immigrants and altering demographic data collection.
The Census Bureau’s proposed rule changes for 2030 could reshape political representation and federal funding by excluding illegal immigrants and altering demographic data collection. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration is seeking to redefine who is included in the population count used to determine congressional representation in the 2030 census , potentially excluding millions of illegal immigrants and reducing the number of lawmakers from Democrat-led states with large illegal populations. The new Census Bureau proposal would classify illegal immigrants as ineligible for inclusion in the state population totals used to apportion the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and also potentially exclude certain…Open
The proposed changes would also eliminate the section of the questionnaire that seeks information on race or ethnicity, which has been included since the first census in 1790.
A growing number of state lawmakers are urging President Trump to appoint a Census director to ensure an “accurate” 2030 Census, even as the White House remains mum on the subject. Last week, 142 state Republican officials signed an open letter organized by the State Freedom Caucus Network asking the president to nominate a full-time […]
The population of those over 65 is projected to grow from 852 million in 2025 to 2 billion in 2060. In that time, the total global population is expected to rise from 8.13 billion to 10.23 billion by 2060.
The Financial Times’ Gillian Tett joins Morning Joe to discuss her latest piece, ‘Who Counts in Trump’s America.’ In it, Tett exposes the ‘technical reforms’ that the Trump administration is pushing to make ahead of the 2030 U.S. Census that could affect the accuracy of the data gathered in regards to race and gender. The Morning Joe panel breaks down how those changes could be felt beyond the census.
