Posted on 01/09/2020 1:26:30 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Many Latinos believe a citizenship question will be asked on the 2020 census and are less likely to participate, a national Latino leader told Congress on Thursday.
Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, said the “failed debacle” of the citizenship question has instilled a lasting fear that needs to be remedied.
“They believe there will be a citizenship question on the form despite its absence and many fear how the data will be used,” Vargas said. “This is exacerbated by a hostile environment toward immigrants propagated by this administration.”
Last June, the Supreme Court ruled the administration could not add the question about citizenship to the census. The court found the administration’s justification for adding the question was “contrived”.
Vargas was testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which held a hearing on challenges and barriers to getting accurate tallies of hard-to-count communities on the 2020 census.
John Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, echoed Vargas’ comments. Asian Americans are the fastest-growing minority group in the country.
“When the administration proposed to add the citizenship question without any testing, we knew right away we had a five-alarm fire … like any fire, the damage that has been done takes time to repair,” Yang told the committee.
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That equals the combined population of Mississippi, Kansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, W Virginia, Idaho, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, Delaware, S Dakota, N Dakota Alaska, DC, Vermont and Wyoming.
Only Illegal Aliens need to worry. If you are a citizen or legal resident, then you need not worry.
More of us US citizens fear NOT counting them and NOT knowing their citizenship status than there are of them altogether.
“My best estimate is there are 25 million illegal aliens”
We’ve been stuck with “11 million” for the past 20 years..
Gee, I’m of Hispanic heritage and I have no fear of participating in the census. Wonder why that is?
Gee, I’m of Hispanic heritage and I have no fear of participating in the census. Wonder why that is?
Are there a lot of illegal alien asians in the country?
I don't know.
Could be an increase of legal immigration of asians
Illegal aliens, not matter where they came from, can go right ahead and be scared.
Democrats want a new 3/5 compromise - give them representation based on the presence of illegal aliens, legal aliens and refugees who shouldn’t vote. And some of them vote illegally anyway - always Democrat.
Smart illegals won’t participate in the census. I’d be careful too if I were legal Asians or Latinos.
NBC “News”, is a fake news organization. They are experienced propagandists.
I fear the illegal immigrants will bankrupt the country with their welfare demands.
It is more like 40 million according to a former ICE official I heard speak a few weeks ago.
And how many have and will illegally vote in our elections?
And THAT is just ONE of the risks we cannot quantify if we do not know the magnitude of the problem by being able to meaningfully count them.
Deport all criminal illegal alien Invaders.
Let me sum up the article in a few words: It is Trump’s fault that illegals are paranoid.
Did I miss anything?
Nonsense. I’m of Latino heritage and my family has been participating in the US Census since the 1800’s. Americans of any stripe have nothing to fear from the Census.
“”They believe there will be a citizenship question on the form despite its absence””
Well, by golly - those are certainly the kind of people we want in our country! More nuts!
Ah, I guess I needed a sarc tag, and BTW, I’m not lilly white nor is my family so don’t take offence.
I hope it is used to get rid of every single illegal immigrant that broke into our country illegally.
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