Trump administration proposes excluding certain immigrants from US census

The proposal aims to exclude certain categories of legal and undocumented immigrants from the count, which is used to determine US House seats.The administration of President Donald Trump is attempting a major overhaul of the United States census, submitting a proposal that would exclude some noncitizens from the population count.Under the proposal, released by the Department of Commerce on Wednesday, US citizens and lawful permanent residents would be counted in the census.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Alabama pushes US Supreme Court to approve congressional map for midtermslist 2 of 3US Democrats finalise major shakeup to 2028 presidential primary calendarlist 3 of 3Missouri Supreme Court blocks Trump-backed map from November’s midtermsend of listOther foreign nationals, however, including people with temporary legal status and immigrants without documentation, would be excluded.Population counts have wide-ranging purposes, determining the allocation of everything from government resources to seats in the House of Representatives.The proposal also suggests eliminating certain questions on race and ethnicity from the questionnaire, citing “substantial doubts about ...