President Donald Trump said he instructed the Department of Commerce to “immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS.”

Trump said it will be “based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024,” adding, “People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS.”

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