Trump again seeks to omit undocumented immigrants from the census, contrary to the Constitution

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has instructed the Commerce Department to start a new U.S. census that will be “based on modern day facts and figures” and won’t include undocumented immigrants.”I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024,” the president wrote in a post on TruthSocial.