⁍ The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states.

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⁍ The challengers to Trump’s July directive, including various states led by New York, cities, counties and immigrant rights groups, said it could leave several million people uncounted.

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⁍ A ruling in the case could be expected before the report is due in early January.

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– The Supreme Court will hear arguments on President Trump’s effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states, Reuters reports. The court, likely to soon have a 6-3 conservative majority if the Republican-controlled Senate confirms Trump nominee Amy Barrett, will hear the case on Nov. 30. The challengers to Trump’s July directive, including various states led by New York, cities, counties, and immigrant rights groups, said it could leave several million people uncounted and likely cause California, Texas, and New Jersey to lose seats in the US House of Representatives. Trump ‘seeks to reallocate political power among the states and to weaken the political influence of states with larger populations of undocumented immigrants,’ the challengers said in a court filing. They alleged the policy could also deter people from participating in the census and argue that it violates both the Constitution and the Census Act, a federal law that outlines how the census is conducted. A three-judge panel ruled against the administration in September. The Supreme Court on Oct. 14 allowed the Trump administration to wind down population counting for the census early in a blow to civil rights advocates who said it could lead to an undercount of racial minorities.