The filing was a notification that the Trump administration had drafted new rules governing the decennial census. The first is a longstanding animus that the president and his top aides have to the immigrant population. The administration has unleashed unprecedented border crackdowns and interior enforcement measures, in the service of a vast project of mass deportation. It thereby also affects how many votes each state has in the Electoral College process used in presidential elections. ShareWhat MAGA learned in Trump 1.0Let’s be clear: President Trump has been trying to ratfuck the census for years.