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Trump Drafts 2030 Census Rule Excluding Noncitizens, Dropping Race-Data

8/12/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is drafting a Census rule to exclude noncitizens from the 2030 count.
The draft would end race and ethnicity data collection, a practice since 1790.
Commerce review would count residents, asylees and refugees but omit undocumented immigrants and visa holders.
Georgetown senior fellow Beth Jarosz said the rule would strip health-safety data, while Legal analyst Schwarm warned ending race data would impede gerrymandering proofs.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is drafting a Census rule to exclude noncitizens from the 2030 count.
The draft would end race and ethnicity data collection, a practice since 1790.
Commerce review would count residents, asylees and refugees but omit undocumented immigrants and visa holders.
Georgetown senior fellow Beth Jarosz said the rule would strip health-safety data, while Legal analyst Schwarm warned ending race data would impede gerrymandering proofs.