Planned Census Recount Could Remake America
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
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🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
President Donald Trump has ordered a new census that does not count illegal immigrants, and this could drastically remake the United States as we know it.
The move could shift anywhere from 20 to 40 House seats from Democrats to Republicans, as well as give a more accurate estimate of the number of illegal immigrants in the country.
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| 0:00.0 | President Donald Trump has ordered a new census that does not count illegal immigrants, |
| 0:05.2 | and this could drastically remake the United States as we know it. |
| 0:09.2 | Meanwhile, there's a movement in the courts that aims to overturn Trump's ability to put tariffs in place like he's been doing, |
| 0:16.2 | and Trump's alleging that if he loses this power, it will greatly impact the economy. |
| 0:21.9 | And in other news, the FBI has now gone through and removed top officials who are involved in the January 6th prosecutions. |
| 0:29.3 | I'll be talking about these topics and more today. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip, and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to Crossroads. A show by the Epic Times, one of America's largest independent newspapers that brings you insights beyond the headlines. Now make sure to hit the like |
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| 0:55.4 | You get updates on when the next one is, and you get to join us every morning. Now look, President |
| 1:00.5 | Donald Trump has done something pretty major, something that could actually remake the entire |
| 1:05.4 | country. Trump ordered a new census that does not count illegal immigrants, and this could change America |
| 1:13.8 | as we know it, like massively. This move is expected to shift anywhere from some say as low as 20 |
| 1:21.9 | to as many as 40 House seats from Democrats to Republicans, Because it just happens by coincidence that a lot of the |
| 1:32.0 | illegal immigrants have been going to sanctuary cities, which tend to be more Democrat. And so, |
| 1:36.3 | of course, people being counted there means they get more representation, they get more money |
| 1:40.2 | from the government, and they might stop getting that. This could actually give a more |
| 1:45.8 | accurate estimate as well on the amount of illegal immigrants in the entire country. President |
| 1:51.0 | Donald Trump said this. He said, I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately |
| 1:56.2 | begin working on a new and highly accurate census based on modern day facts and figures, |
| 2:03.4 | and importantly, using the results and information gained from the presidential election of 2024. |
| 2:09.9 | Not sure what he means there, but Trump won 2024 suggesting this is probably going to be in his favor. |
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