Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump

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It’d be unprecedented Trump is calling for a “new” census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. Lutnick acknowledged legal hurdles facing any census before 2030Given the short timeline, census experts have dismissed the idea of a 2025 or 2026 census as practically impossible. Testifying before Congress, Lutnick has faced questions from lawmakers about his position on who should be counted in the census. The press offices for the Census Bureau, which is part of the Commerce Department, and the White House did not immediately respond to NPR’s inquiries. On Monday, another Republican official from Florida weighed in on the census with a letter to Lutnick referencing Trump’s “recent census directive” by social media post.