Trump Tries Census Citizenship Question Again, Because Failure Was Too Silent
KEY POINTS
- •The Trump administration announced in August 2025 it instructed Commerce to work on a new census with a citizenship question tested in Alabama and South Carolina.
- •The citizenship question aims to influence congressional apportionment, Electoral College votes, and the distribution of $2.8 trillion in federal funding.
- •Democrats criticized the move for reducing immigrant participation and representation, while the Commerce and Census departments declined to comment.
In a plot twist no one asked for, the Trump administration dusts off the citizenship question for a 2030 Census field test. This time, it’s debuting in Alabama and South Carolina, the places most eager to tweak congressional maps ahead of those juicy 2026 midterms. The American Community Survey already sneakily asks 'Is this person a citizen of the United States?'—which sounds less like a survey and more like an awkward family reunion icebreaker. Democrats are yelling about representation and $2.8 trillion funding at the Census Bureau, which is currently ghosting Axios’s calls like an ex on Tinder. The Supreme Court famously slammed the last attempt as a blatant 'pretext'; Trump’s comeback tour now involves rewriting census rules while playing remix DJ with Biden’s 2021 executive order that wants everyone counted, regardless of immigration paperwork drama.
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Trump’s census citizenship question is back like a bad sequel, testing in Alabama and South Carolina because nothing screams fairness like aggressively depressing immigrant participation.
Imagine spending trillions to undercount people just to redraw political lines. The US Census is now a reality TV show but the prize is tax dollars.
Trump’s census citizenship question tests are like that persistent kid in class who asks the same pointless question hoping the teacher will finally lose it.
Source: Axios | Published: 2/6/2026 | Author: Russell Contreras
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