Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims Trump Endorses Her Plan to Exclude Non-Citizens from Congressional Redistricting
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed this week that former President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind her latest push to overhaul how congressional districts are drawn — by excluding non-citizens from the count altogether.
In a post Monday on X (formerly Twitter), Greene wrote, “I just got off the phone with President Trump!!” She said she briefed him on her new bill, which would mandate an immediate national census — one that only counts U.S. citizens for the purposes of apportioning House seats.
The bill would direct the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct a new nationwide count as soon as the legislation becomes law. Unlike traditional counts, it would include a citizenship question and tally only American citizens in the population totals used to determine representation in Congress.
Once complete, the measure would force states to redraw their congressional maps based solely on the number of citizens, not total population — a dramatic departure from current redistricting practices.
“Thank you President Trump for your strong support of my bill, Making American Elections Great Again!!! Let’s get this done!!!” Greene declared.
Currently, the next U.S. census is scheduled for 2030, with redistricting to follow in 2031. Greene’s plan would bypass that timeline entirely, fast-tracking changes that could significantly shift political power in several states.
A similar bill passed the Republican-controlled House in May 2024, but stalled in the then-Democratic-led Senate.
The question of who should be counted in the U.S. Census has long sparked legal and political battles. While the Constitution calls for counting all “persons,” the 14th Amendment further requires a tally of the “whole number of persons in each state,” a phrase widely interpreted to include both citizens and non-citizens alike.
If Greene’s proposal gains traction, it could reshape the political landscape by redefining representation — and ignite fresh constitutional challenges in the process.