Public comments on the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the 2030 census are open until November 2, 2026, according to CNBC’s October 13 report. The proposal was posted in September, and the changes are not final.
The proposal would exclude noncitizens without green cards, including people on student visas, people with temporary protected status, refugees and asylum seekers, CNBC reports.
The proposal suggests using administrative records to check immigration status and says an immigration-status question could be added to the short-form questionnaire. It would also bar collection of race and ethnicity information on that questionnaire, according to the report.
Meeta Anand of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights told CNBC she expected litigation. Critics argue that the proposal conflicts with the 14th Amendment’s requirement to count the whole number of people in each state for congressional apportionment.
Julie Morita, president and CEO of the Joyce Foundation, told the outlet that the proposal could reduce funding for programs including Medicaid and Head Start, beyond its effect on the allocation of House seats.
The White House referred CNBC’s questions to the Commerce Department. Commerce and the Census Bureau did not respond to the outlet’s requests for comment.
