President Trump Rescinds Executive Order 13986

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On his first day in office, President Trump signed 26 executive orders. One of the orders included a provision that rescinded President Biden’s Executive Order 13986, “Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census.” The order that former President Biden signed on January 20, 2021, “requires non-citizens to be counted in the 2020 census, both for the purposes of enumeration and determining congressional apportionment.”

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President Trump Rescinds Executive Order 13986

On his first day in office, President Trump signed 26 executive orders. One of the orders included a provision that rescinded President Biden’s Executive Order 13986, “Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census.” The order that former President Biden signed on January 20, 2021, “requires non-citizens to be counted in the 2020 census, both for the purposes of enumeration and determining congressional apportionment.”

Related blog: Bill Reintroduced in U.S. House of Representatives Requiring Citizenship Question

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