Posted on 01/19/2007 6:55:35 AM PST by PajamaTruthMafia
Bay State officials seeking to save a coveted congressional seat are turning for help to residents who can’t even vote: illegal immigrants.
A census of the often-maligned underground residents - who face constant calls for their deportation - could be critical to reaching a population total that could preserve the seat.
“We need to chase them,” Secretary of State William Galvin said yesterday, stressing the need for an “all local” hunt for everyone living here.
Crucial to the census success: Convincing the estimated 150,000 to 200,000 illegal immigrants that they will simply be counted, not arrested.
“This is for real. A congressional seat is on the line,” said Ali Noorani, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.
A high cost of living is driving younger residents out of the Bay State, which lags dramatically behind states in the South and the West in population growth. Massachusetts could lose one of its 10 seats in the U.S. House, as well as political clout and millions of dollars in federal funds appropriated by congressional district.
“The money to fund many important federal programs is distributed to the states on the basis of population, so everyone in Massachusetts has a major stake in ensuring that we are not shortchanged by failing to get an accurate population count,” warned U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Malden), the senior member of the state’s congressional delegation.
The next U.S. Census kicks off in about three years. The state’s current population is slightly more than 6.5 million.
A Census immigrant expert who this week is visiting Framingham, where there is a large Brazilian community, vowed the Census questionnaire will reach everybody using the latest street lists and even global-positioning systems.
“We take our responsibility very seriously,” said Cesar Monzon, a Boston Census Bureau specialist.
Monzon said Census officials struggle to track down foreign-born men age 18 to 44 and their children, even though the Census demands they be counted.
Kathleen Ludgate, executive director of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Boston region, said yesterday her office is out earlier to solve the immigrant puzzle in time for the 2010 count.
“We’re working with all communities to get the most accurate count we can,” she said.
Galvin said Cambodians in Lowell, Russians in Westfield, Brazilians in Framingham and Latinos in Lawrence are all target groups. He added college students must be counted, too.
Billy Galvin is a turkey.
If we had a government that gave a damn about illegals, it'd be a nice little weekend project to pick up a clipboard and start knocking on doors down by the taqueria.
Counting illegals in a census is like counting a burglar as a dependent on your tax return.
Never mind that the slaves had no representation themselves, they just wanted to add them into the head count to get more seats in congress.
And I see the party of the moral descendants of slaveholders is still up to their old tricks...
I never did understand the justification for non-citizens counting towards the number or distribution of seats in the House. Past census reports recorded citizenship - were they ever cross-referenced with the annual alien registration forms that had to be completed in January?
Exactly, well said.
>A high cost of living is driving younger residents out of the Bay State, which lags dramatically behind states in the South and the West in population growth.
The Wages of Socialism, but for some curious reason, they don't see the blazing truth staring them in the face.
It's entirely possible that a future resource-short America, hard pressed to feed half its numbers, will simply deport all such people.
So, no Illegal Aliens, don't let Massachusetts get your name! Run, hide, stay in the shadows.
Hope it happens sooner than that. Like tomorrow.
In 1990, the City of Chicago held a contest to boost their census numbers.
Here's how it worked: You had to put a 'free' pro-census poster on your front window. The city would then send someone into 50 different parts of town and randomly pick out 50 winners.
The prize: $1000 and a group picture of all the winners
with Da Mayor in the middle.
My wife put the poster up. I took it down cause it really looked ridiculous. And then she got mad at me and put it back up again.
Two weeks later we were notified that we had won.
I doubt that this helped the census in any way. But we didn't mind receiving th $1000 dollars.
Same article with different headline at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770118/posts
Counting illegals in a census is like counting a burglar as a dependent on your tax return.
I am sure that they include illegals in the count of "uninsured Americans" that is screamed at us all the time.
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Try selling that to B-1 Bob.
More interested in votes than the fact of arresting illegal activity. Typical of the dems.
Ummm...that line needs a fixin'...
“The Federal money to fund many important local programs is distributed to the states on the basis of population..."
There. That's more accurate.
Hey, here's an idea; If the high cost of living is driving out younger folks...then why the hell not do something to lower the cost of living?
Typical Democrat response...try something illegal first. The only difference now is that they are right up front and 'in-your-face' about it. Disgusting.
yup and I also posted it just before 4 am under yet a diff. headline...
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