The Trump administration is proposing to change how the U.S. Census is conducted by excluding illegal immigrants from the population totals that are used to determine political representation.
The Census Bureau posted a proposed rule on Wednesday that said it also wants to prohibit the inclusion of questions about race and ethnicity or sexual orientation on the census in “short-form questionnaire or any questionnaire used for purposes of the enumeration.”
The proposed rule said that questions about race and sexual orientation have a “sensitive” nature and could impede responses, and removing them could lead to a higher rate of participation….