Stephen Miller leads the plan of illegal immigrants from the US census: the hit on the green states

Washington D.C., September 18, 2025– In a move that shocked public opinion, Stephen Miller, a senior adviser of President Donald Trump, is promoting a plan to eliminate illegal immigrants from the national population investigation (U.S. Census). This proposal can significantly change the number of US House of Representatives, especially affecting “green” states like California and New York, where large immigrants are not papers. With more than 11 million illegal immigrants nationwide, according to the Ministry of Security, this move is considered the extension of the tough immigration agenda under Trump 2.0.

Stephen Miller, famous for the role of Trump’s immigration policy architect from the first term, is now the Assistant of the White House Office in charge of the policy. In an interview on Fox News on August 7, 2025, he affirmed: “20 to 30 Democratic Boss’s seats will not exist without the illegal immigrants.” He accused that counting all residents, including illegal people, “distorted” the allocation of political power, giving advantages to democratic states. This proposal was immediately supported by Trump through the post on Truth Social, directing the Ministry of Trade to start preparing a “new and high -precision census”, eliminating illegal immigrants from the distribution of the House of Representatives and the voter votes.

History shows that this is not a new idea. During the first term (2017-2021), Trump tried more questions about the nationality in the 2020 investigation, but was rejected by the Supreme Court for violations of legal procedures. In 2020, he promulgated the executive decree eliminating illegal immigrants from allocation, but the federal court declared the unconstitutional and violated the sentence of 14 requests to count “all the number of people” in each state to allocate the House of Representatives. President Joe Biden later canceled this decree in 2021. Now, with Trump back, Miller is leading new efforts, combined with bills from the National Assembly such as Equal Representation Act of Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene, requesting a new investigation before the midterm election 2026.

Potential impact is clear. California, with about 2.1 million illegal immigrants (according to data 2020), it may take 1-2 lower house seats, according to Pew Research Center analysis. New York also faces similar risks, while Texas and Florida – red states with large immigrant population – can lose seats if not offset by legal population growth. A study from Stanford University (2024) showed that this group excluded the maximum of 2 House Chairs from 1980 to the present, without greatly affecting the control of the National Assembly or the presidential election results. However, critics such as ACLU warn that this will reduce federal funding for education and health in states with immigrant community, affecting millions of American citizens living with households.

Reaction from two booming parties. The Republican Party praised this as a “fair”, with Senator Bill Hagery (Republic of-Tennessee) calling the countless person to be “unacceptable”. On X (Twitter), the post from conservative accounts like @RedlinereporTT spreads rapidly, attracting more than 100,000 likes with the question: “Do you support the elimination of illegal immigrants from the census?” Most comments support, call this “victory for native Americans”. In contrast, the Democratic Party and human rights organizations condemned. California Governor Gavin Newsom threatens to litigate, saying that this is a “racist attack into the Latin and Asian community”. NPR emphasized that the 14th sentence is not distinguished from citizens, and any change will face huge legal challenges.

Practically, the implementation will be complicated. The US Census Bureau (Census Bureau) has never excluded any group from allocating since 1790. To identify illegal people, the government can use administrative data from ICE, but experts like Jennifer Van Hook from the University of Penn State warns this data “incomplete and can eliminate citizens”. Trump suggested “Investigation between the decade” in 2025, but the law only allows for allocation of funding, not the National Assembly seats. If applied for 2030, the National Assembly can intervene in 2029.

This move is part of Trump’s broader strategy: mass deportation and strengthening border control. Miller, who was criticized for the “uncompromising” policy like separating children from their parents, now the “train driver” for the “storm” of immigration. Analysts from Brookings Institution predict that, although successfully, the plan can backfire, reducing the rate of investigation in all states, affecting both red and blue.

When the midterm election 2026 approached, this Census war could reshape the US political map. Does the Supreme Court – with most conservative – have support? Or is this just a political guise? The public is boiling, and the answer lies in the upcoming trials