Trump Calls For New Census Without Undocumented Immigrants

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Thursday that he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new US census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the population count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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