Trump Census Order Poses Problem for Bureau

The Census Bureau likely will struggle to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order to not include undocumented immigrants in the calculations to determine how many seats a state receives in Congress, The Hill reports.

“There is no method that they currently have to do what he wants them to do. So how do you implement his order, if indeed it continues on? That’s really the paramount question,” said Kimball Brace, head of Election Data Services Inc. and an expert on the Census and redistricting.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the Trump Administration cannot require the Census Bureau to ask respondents if they are citizens, leaving officials with no way to confirm who is an undocumented immigrant, or where they live.