Posted on 10/12/2009 5:00:15 AM PDT by radar101
Angered by President Obama's lack of success in legalizing illegal immigrants, some Hispanic activists are urging all Hispanics to boycott the 2010 census as a sign of displeasure.
Other groups have asked the federal government to suspend immigration raids while census takers are in the field, hoping that will make illegal immigrants more likely to respond to questions.
It's just the latest trouble in what's turning into a rocky run-up to the census next year.
During a congressional hearing last week, a Democratic senator told Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves that the American Community Survey - a yearly survey the bureau mails to a small sampling of Americans - pries too deeply and is so confusing that it appeared at first to be a case of mail fraud.
Meanwhile, a group of Republican senators is trying to have the 2010 census form include a question about citizenship. They are trying to set a precedent that congressional seats be reapportioned based on a count of citizens, rather than all residents.
The census issue is roiling Hispanic and immigrant rights groups. Major organizations and broadcasters are mounting a campaign for participation, but some activists argue that Democrats and Mr. Obama haven't done enough to earn Hispanic support for the effort.
"The only thing left for the immigrant to bargain is something they want from the immigrant, and that is that the person be counted. If that person refuses to cooperate, refuses to participate, refuses to comply, now he has a modicum of leverage," said Nativo Lopez, president of the Mexican American Political Association.
The Rev. Miguel Rivera, president of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, is calling for a boycott specifically by illegal immigrants.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I think a great way to protest would be go to thier country of origin ...
Please do
Anybody who truly believes legalization of illegals is a plus for the USA, and wants to “drive home” the cause, should not only boycott the census, but the November 2010 elections as well. That will teach us!
When Mesoamerican illegal alien peasants start-out by brazenly disrespecting and breaking America’s laws, there’s just no end to it:
U.S. Code > TITLE 13 > CHAPTER 7 > SUBCHAPTER II > § 221
§ 221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers
U.S. Code > TITLE 13 > CHAPTER 7 > SUBCHAPTER II > § 222
§ 222. Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population
Whoever, either directly or indirectly, offers or renders to any officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof engaged in making an enumeration of population under subchapter II, IV, or V of chapter 5 of this title, any suggestion, advice, information or assistance of any kind, with the intent or purpose of causing an inaccurate enumeration of population to be made, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
I hope illegals do. They have no right to change the political boundries of a nation they aren’t citizens of
The Democrats will use statistical sampling and come up with whatever numbers they need to move congressional seats
Where’s that clapping audience?
BOYCOTT THE CENSUS? YES!!!
This is the first positive thing I have heard from these racist criminals and moochers.
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So don’t participate in the census then, Hispanics! Skew the numbers giving conservatives the upper hand. I heartily agree with your retrograde strategy!
Exactly how does one count *people* who exist in the shadows with false/stolen identification? (if that)
It would be too much to hope for that all illegals boycott voting, too?
“I hope illegals do. They have no right to change the political boundries of a nation they aren’t citizens of”
No problem.
Our commie/socialist Democrats and FOS RINOS will enable them to do just that. May they rot in hell.
Once again we discover that illegal immigration is all about hispanics. They won’t let us say it for fear of being called racists but every time there is a cry for ‘legalization’ it’s from a hispanic group.
If only.
There’s a mexican restaurant in my town called Aztlan. I stopped going there after I found out what “Aztlan” means. Racist bastards.
Please do boycott the census. That way states with a lot of hispanics will lose representation in Congress and the electoral college.
Based on past posts here, there's a lot of misunderstanding about this. Everyone physically present in the US is counted in the census, at least everyone who will cooperate, and there are no citizenship questions.
And a controversy in 2000 and now is a Dim desire to assume that large numbers of illegals avoid the census, and therefore, the census count for certain groups in certain states should be increased by a percentage to account for those they assume avoided the census.
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