Sep 2026
Official Action:
The US Census Department publishes a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would direct the 2030 Census to not count non-citizen immigrants and would eliminate all questions about race, ethnicity and gender. The Trump Administration has attempted to remove immigrants from the count, but it’s unclear if this effort would violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Removing all demographic questions would effectively disable any demographic analysis in the US.
Official Action:
The US Census Department publishes a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would direct the 2030 Census to not count non-citizen immigrants and would eliminate all questions about race, ethnicity and gender. The Trump Administration has attempted to remove immigrants from the count, but it’s unclear if this effort would violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Removing all demographic questions would effectively disable any demographic analysis in the US.
| Source: | Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions Federal Register, 9/10/26 |
| Agency: | Commerce |
| DOGE Project: | Immigration |