President Donald Trump has expressed his full support for new legislation that would require the U.S. government to conduct a revised census—excluding non-citizens—and immediately use the updated count to redraw congressional districts, potentially impacting the 2026 elections.
The proposal, championed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and dubbed the “Make American Elections Great Again” Act, would force the U.S. Census Bureau to disregard undocumented immigrants and other non-citizens in its count. Critics argue the bill directly conflicts with the U.S. Constitution, which mandates a decennial census that includes the “whole number of persons in each state,” a definition long upheld by federal courts to include non-citizens regardless of immigration status.
Trump, appearing alongside Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the Sunshine State, voiced his approval when asked about the proposed legislation.
“I love it,” he told reporters, after hearing the bill would “get an account of how many Americans with proof of citizenship are in our country” and use that data to trigger immediate redistricting of House seats.
Greene claims her bill would “save America’s elections from ever being stolen again” and demands states redraw congressional boundaries based solely on citizen population—despite constitutional guidelines stating that congressional reapportionment must follow a nationwide census every ten years. The next scheduled census is in 2030.
Trump, continuing to promote false claims about the 2020 election, said, “We want to bring our elections back. The election in 2020 was rigged—millions and millions of votes,” offering no evidence for the debunked assertion. “It had to do with COVID and a lot of things, but it really had to do with the crooked people. The Democrats are very good at cheating in elections.”
DeSantis, meanwhile, criticized the results of the 2020 census—conducted while Trump was still in office—claiming that Florida was “gypped” because it gained only one additional House seat.
Despite its constitutional and legal hurdles, Greene’s bill has gained traction among far-right lawmakers seeking to reshape the electorate by removing non-citizens from population-based congressional calculations. Legal experts have already warned that any attempt to exclude non-citizens from the census count would likely be struck down in court.
