Supreme Court to decide whether census can exclude undocumented immigrants

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BREAKING: US Supreme Court agrees to consider whether the Trump admin. can leave undocumented immigrants out of the count of total population in the census.

Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileThe Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether the Trump administration can leave undocumented immigrants out of the count of the total population in theIn a brief order, the court set the case for argument on Nov. 30. If Judge Amy Coney Barrett'sA census is required every 10 years by the Constitution, and the results determine how many members of Congress each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Under the president's plan, the Census Bureau would report two sets of figures to the president — one including everyone counted and another leaving out undocumented immigrants. He would then report the smaller number to Congress for use in reapportionment. The plan would reduce the number of seats in the House for states with large immigrant populations and would cut their share of federal funds.

In announcing the rules for the count this year, the Census Bureau said,"The resident population counts include all people who are living in the United States at the time of the census."

 

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