A proposed rule would stop counting some U.S. residents toward each state's seats in Congress. The public comment window on Docket No. USBC-2026-0628 closes October 13, 2026.
Why this rule is being opposed
Every census since 1790 has counted everyone living in the country, citizens and noncitizens alike, for dividing up the 435 seats in the House. The Fourteenth Amendment says apportionment is based on "the whole number of persons," not "citizens." This rule would exclude undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants without a green card starting with the 2030 census, and it would also drop the census's race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation questions.
Roughly 1 in 6 Maryland residents is foreign-born. Because a fixed 435 seats gets divided based on who's counted, undercounting one state's population doesn't just cost that state, it hands seats and some of the $2.8 trillion a year in census-linked federal funding to other states, regardless of how many people actually live in either place.
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A proposed rule would stop counting some U.S. residents toward each state's seats in Congress. The public comment window on Docket No. USBC-2026-0628 closes October 13, 2026.
Why this rule is being opposed
Every census since 1790 has counted everyone living in the country, citizens and noncitizens alike, for dividing up the 435 seats in the House. The Fourteenth Amendment says apportionment is based on "the whole number of persons," not "citizens." This rule would exclude undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants without a green card starting with the 2030 census, and it would also drop the census's race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation questions.
Roughly 1 in 6 Maryland residents is foreign-born. Because a fixed 435 seats gets divided based on who's counted, undercounting one state's population doesn't just cost that state, it hands seats and some of the $2.8 trillion a year in census-linked federal funding to other states, regardless of how many people actually live in either place.
The comment letter below asks the Bureau to withdraw the rule before the window closes.
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