Trump wants to remove illegal immigrants from the US Census: Tuberville has a bill for that

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September 15, 2026

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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) agrees with President Donald Trump that illegal immigrants shouldn’t be counted in the U.S. Census every ten years.

The U.S. Census Bureau submitted a proposal last week that would limit the national census to include only U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The agency introduced it in response to Trump’s Executive Order last year.

Tuberville reminded the Trump administration that he has already introduced a bill on the issue.

“Good news: @SenatorHagerty and I have a bill for that,” Tuberville said. “ZERO illegals should determine who our elected leaders are.”

The senator put forward the Equal Representation Act in July of last year. The legislation would ensure only legal citizens are factored into the count for Congressional districts and the Electoral College map that determines presidential elections. The current method of counting illegal immigrants for purposes of representation is dangerous as it incentivizes illegal immigration.

“The Equal Representation Act will ensure only AMERICANS are counted when it comes to determining congressional seats and the Electoral College map,” Tuberville added.

Good news: @SenatorHagerty and I have a bill for that.

ZERO illegals should determine who our elected leaders are.

The Equal Representation Act will ensure only AMERICANS are counted when it comes to determining congressional seats and the Electoral College map. https://t.co/eDQaOzBYs7

— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) September 12, 2026

The bill was also pushed in the U.S. House by U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover). Palmer has been warning that illegal aliens don’t have to vote to affect the outcomes of elections in favor of Democrats due to the census.

“It’s not about being able to vote, it’s being able to count them because with about every 750,000 people you get a representative in Congress,” Palmer said at the time. “Well what that could mean is if California picked up another 2 million people, Alabama could lose a representative because we’re not going to go over 435 representatives. So instead of me representing, say, 730,000 people, I might have to go to representing 800,000 people, and us lose a seat in Alabama and California pick up one. That’s the problem.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee