President Trump said Thursday morning he has ordered the Commerce Department to begin working on a new census, emphasizing that those who are in the country illegally not be counted in the total. “I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern

The Department of Commerce said it will “immediately” change course to “reflect the number of legal residents in the United States.”

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has told the Commerce Department to create a new Census that excludes undocumented migrants, revisiting a push from his first term that was later rejected by the courts and reversed by his successor.