New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- US President Donald Trump has ordered the Commerce Department to create a new U.S. census that excludes undocumented immigrants, reviving a controversial policy from his first term.

In a Truth Social post Thursday, Trump declared the count must reflect "modern day facts" and 2024 election data, stressing: "People who are in our Country illegally will not be counted".

This directly challenges the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which requires counting the "whole number of persons" for congressional representation . The move comes amid aggressive immigration raids that have sunk Trump's approval on the issue to 41%, his lowest since taking office . Courts blocked this same effort in 2020, ruling only Congress can defin...