Changes

==Major changes==

==Major changes==

In 2009, the [[Obama Administration]] took the unprecedented step of moving control of the 2010 U.S. census from the [[Commerce Department]] to direct control by the [[White House]] and Chief of Staff [[Rahm Emanuel]]. Many [[congress]]ional [[Republican]]s believe this was done as a "power grab" by the administration in order to manipulate congressional [[redistricting]] nationwide to favor [[Democrats]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/09/gop-sounds-alarm-obama-decision-census-white-house/</ref> Additionally, it was discovered that the partisan, pro-Obama, fraud-laden group [[ACORN]] would assist in the census.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/</ref>

In 2009, the [[Obama Administration]] took the unprecedented step of moving control of the 2010 U.S. census from the [[Commerce Department]] to direct control by the [[White House]] and Chief of Staff [[Rahm Emanuel]]. Many [[congress]]ional [[Republican]]s believe this was done as a "power grab" by the administration in order to manipulate congressional [[redistricting]] nationwide to favor [[Democrats]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/09/gop-sounds-alarm-obama-decision-census-white-house/</ref> Additionally, it was discovered that the partisan, pro-Obama, fraud-laden group [[ACORN]] would assist in the census.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/</ref>

At the end of 2017, the Trump Administration signaled that it would make a change to the Census which would ask if a person is an illegal alien or not.  The process of counting illegals does not just influence the result of elections on the day of voting, it also influences how congressional representation is apportioned and it also influences where federal dollars are spent.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/12/the_potential_census_question_that_terrifies_liberals.html The one potential Census question that terrifies liberals]</ref>

At the end of 2017, the Trump Administration signaled that it would make a change to the Census which would ask if a person is an illegal alien or not.  The process of counting illegals does not just influence the result of elections on the day of voting, it also influences how congressional representation is apportioned and it also influences where federal dollars are spent.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/12/the_potential_census_question_that_terrifies_liberals.html The one potential Census question that terrifies liberals]</ref>