Thread: Bean Counters for Illegal Aliens?

Bean Counters for Illegal Aliens?

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/ho ... id=1269438
By Michael Cutler

A recent article about the Census Bureau wanting immigration raids halted during the 2010 census so illegal aliens can be properly counted is not as new a story as you might think. When Jimmy Carter was president, the (former) INS was instructed by the administration to not permit their special agents to make arrests unless those arrests were authorized at the upper management level. As I recall, the local district office needed to seek authorization for any immigration arrests either at the regional or headquarters level. We were discouraged from discussing this practice. Back then, many of us at the INS speculated that this was being done to tilt the number of congressional representatives in those cities that would most likely support the Democrats. I happen to be a registered Democrat, but I was outraged by the idea that the official bureaucracy would be prostituted by politicians of either party for political gain.

Today, we are seeing the same madness where the census is concerned on a number of levels. First of all, I do not know what raids the Census Bureau is talking about. The main reason that immigration raids generally attract press coverage these days is because immigration raids are actually a rarity.

However, we should primarily consider the reason for the census. As is noted in the MSNBC article linked above, the census is mandated by law to determine the apportionment of representation in the House of Representatives. We all know that each state, regardless of population, has two senators to represent their citizens. But representation in the House of Representatives is determined solely by population. The census is therefore conducted every ten years to reallocate the number of members of Congress for each state.

Think about the implications of the request by the Census Bureau: our government wants to make certain that illegal aliens have their "voices" heard in the hallowed halls of Congress!

The way that our government deals with illegal immigration legitimizes the illegal and criminal activities committed by people who have no right to be in the United States! The "climate of fear" referenced in the article is generally known as “deterrenceâ€

Great article. Every member of congress who supports amnesty (no matter what they call it) should have to submit a written rebuttal to every point made.

Yep, good article Mr. Cutler. Keep up with great with the all the folks at CIS.