Thread: Immigration concerns shadow upcoming census count

Immigration concerns shadow upcoming census count

By Erin Rosa 4/1/09 5:30 PM

In just one short year, the U.S. Census Bureau will begin the momentous task of counting every single person in the United States. But civil rights advocates are worried that many Latinos and immigrants will not be tallied due to distrust and fear sparked by increased immigration enforcement in the last 10 years. Now, an unprecedented media campaign is being launched in Colorado and other states to encourage Latinos to be counted.

On a conference call Wednesday hosted by the national Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), speakers detailed numerous problems that could occur with the 2010 census, a decennial count that determines the distribution of political power by establishing federal spending guidelines per state and congressional districts for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Arturo Vargas, executive director of the education fund of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), noted that increased immigration enforcement in the last decade has made Latinos — both documented and undocumented — wary of census-takers and government workers.

There are also individuals “living in non-traditional circumstances,â€

Personally I think it is very helpful to know where the illegals live. I wonder if the cenus will put illegal hispanics under the same catogory as legal hispanics and this same policy carried through in each illegal vs legal catagory.

So Americans reading the census might have to include hispanic and other to get the full understanding of population demographics.

Isn't it interesting that Obama is also getting his mitts on this task that has never been so closely associated with the white house.

Perhaps because Obama is an alleged fraud he identifies with illegals and other frauds.

[quote] “living in non-traditional circumstances,â€

Reapportionment of congress to high immigration states bothers me. Why should Michigan lose congress seats to California based on immigration violators.

I wonder if the cenus will put illegal hispanics under the same catogory as legal hispanics and this same policy carried through in each illegal vs legal catagory.

Of course they do.... Put them as people here, with no distinction between legal vs illegal. They ran during the last census and it wasn't long till they figured the numbers didn't jive with just the amount of students in the school.

Why should Michigan lose congress seats to California based on immigration violators.

Exactly.