It is time to take another census, as Americans do every 10 years, which means it is time again to argue about the census.
If the census is designed to take a snapshot of our nation, the initial reaction looks like a family feud.
In the upper heartland we have U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has called for a boycott of the census unless it includes a question about resident status. The Minnesota Republican has backed down a tad, perhaps because the census determines how many members the U.S. House of Representatives will have. A low census response could cost Minnesota a congressional seat — like Bachmann's.
Besides, too many illegal immigrants already avoid the census precisely because they suspect that it is looking for illegal immigrants. If they were willing to respond truthfully to a straight-up question, such as the one Bachmann suggests, we could have a census every year and put an end to illegal immigration. Dream on.
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[POSTED BY: DAISY ALEJANDRA CUEVAS]
