I'd love to thank Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Bob Bennett of Utah, for asking this, I only hope more will follow their leads.
I find this to be very disturbing. Here is the Government once again bowing down to appease 'Illegal Immigrants' because some alphabet group and or church group is crying, threatening with you won't get our votes and to top it off guess what you just earned your self the title 'RACIST'. Call me Racist because there is nothing at all wrong with asking a question and being proud and standing with your race. They(Mexicans,Africans, and every other group) do it all the time.
I think there is nothing at all wrong with asking ones legal status. Why are we rewarding Illegals once again,with another privilege. What getting subsidies galore isn't good enough, and taking our jobs the Government claims no one wants. It's now insulting to ask someones 'Status' because they fear being here illegally. . . I think it's not only the right of the Government to know the correct status of residents but also the Tax Paying, Citizens of the U.S. who are supporting many of said 'Illegals' through the US Government welfare, Social Security Income (these folks have never paid into it like many Americans who get it undeservedly. I also propose a voter recount also because how many Non-Citizens Voted? I'm not talking 'Non-Citizen' Residents only that think they have the right to vote and decide how the Government can spend our taxes while they benefit. (beautifulnightmare)
Since the first Census in 1790, the bureau has routinely asked in various surveys whether people are native-born or foreign-born, but it has never asked about legal status.
Immigrants often are the hardest to count because many mistrust government, especially if they are in the U.S. illegally. Crackdowns on illegal immigration at the border and at work sites have made outreach for next year's Census even more challenging.
Some Latino groups such as the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders are calling for immigrants to boycott the Census unless laws are changed to give those here illegally a chance to gain legal status.
"Already the public fears that the Census is too intrusive," says Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, which opposes both the amendment and the boycott.
The "Take 10" campaign promotes the idea that the Census form has only 10 questions and should take just 10 minutes to answer. Adding questions would require designing new forms. "It's operationally impossible," says Steve Jost, Census associate communications director. "The forms are printed, folded. We have bilingual forms. ... We're printing 1.5 million forms a day."
By law, the Census is taken April 1. State population counts must be submitted to the president the following Dec. 31 so that seats in the House can be apportioned.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091014/NEWS08/910140385/2047/BUSINESS
Proposed last week by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Bob Bennett of Utah, the amendment would exclude illegal immigrants from the population count used to allocate congressional seats after the 2010 Census. It also would require the Census to ask people whether they are citizens.
"Illegal aliens should not be included for the purposes of determining representation in Congress, and that's the bottom line here," Vitter says. If enacted, the amendment to an appropriations bill would stop funding of the 2010 Census unless the changes are made.
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20091014/UPDATES01/91014024/Senators+try+to+exclude+illegal+immigrants+from+2010+Census
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