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Detained immigrants may help bring in census money
hosted ^ | May 31 | MANUEL VALDES

Posted on 05/31/2010 11:38:06 AM PDT by JoeProBono

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Paulo Sergio Alfaro-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant being held at a detention center in Washington state, had no idea that the federal government would count him in the census.

No one gave him a census form. No one told him his information would be culled from the center's records.

But counted he was, along with other illegal immigrants facing deportation in detention centers across the country -

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; census; detentioncenters; illegalimmigrant

1 posted on 05/31/2010 11:38:06 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Unreal.

The lunatics are running the asylum.

2 posted on 05/31/2010 11:41:47 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("A Republic, If You Can Keep It" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: JoeProBono

Figures.


3 posted on 05/31/2010 11:42:58 AM PDT by Mojave (Ignorant and stoned - Obama's natural constituency.)
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To: JoeProBono

They count everyone who was here on April 1, 2010.


4 posted on 05/31/2010 11:58:26 AM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: GinaLolaB

They haven’t counted me.


5 posted on 05/31/2010 12:38:40 PM PDT by Roccus (......and then there were none.)
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To: Roccus
They haven’t counted me.

They will probably get to you yet :)

6 posted on 05/31/2010 2:52:53 PM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: JoeProBono

bttt


7 posted on 06/01/2010 5:59:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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