'I don't understand!' Trump warned latest plan risks GOP control of deep red heartlands [View all]

Source: Raw Story

August 15, 2025 9:54AM ET


WASHINGTON — As Texas moves to redraw its congressional map at the behest of President Donald Trump, the White House is pushing ahead on another proposal to safeguard GOP power in Washington that could have major implications for Texas. Last week, Trump said he had ordered the Commerce Department to start working on a new census that does not count undocumented immigrants.

Excluding “people who are in our Country illegally,” as Trump declared on social media, would fulfill a longtime conservative priority and mark a reversal from the longstanding practice of counting all people residing in the United States, legally or not, in the once-a-decade headcount.

With an estimated 1.7 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas, the move could have major ramifications for the state’s political sway.

One of the main motivations for White House officials in pushing forward a new census is the potential to reallocate political power, including Electoral College votes, from Democrat-dominated states to ones controlled by Republicans, according to two people with knowledge of the effort who were granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations they were not authorized to publicly speak about.

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