US top court to hear Trump bid to exclude noncitizens from census

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments in President Donald Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from a countrywide population count that determines how congressional seats are allocated. The country’s top court said on Friday that it would hear the case on November 30. By that time, the court will likely have a 6-3 conservative majority, as the Republican-controlled Senate plans to confirm Trump’s nominee to the bench, Amy Coney Barrett. Trump in July signed a presidential memorandum ordering undocumented immigrants – who recent estimates say number more than 10.5 million people across the country – be excluded from being counted when congressional districts are redrawn. The Supreme Court justices said in their order on Friday that they would decide the issue by early January, when Trump must report the census results to Congress. “President Trump has repeatedly tried – and failed – to weaponise the census for his attacks on immigrant communities. The Supreme Court rejected his attempt last year and should do so again,” Dale Ho, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) representing a coalition of immigrant advocacy groups that challenged Trump’s plan in court, said in a statement. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">