"WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau wants immigration agents to suspend
enforcement raids during the 2010 census so the government can better count
illegal immigrants. Raids during the population count would make an already
distrustful group even less likely to cooperate with government workers who are
supposed to include them, the Census Bureau’s second-ranking official said in an
interview with The Associated Press. Deputy Director Preston Jay Waite said
immigration enforcement officials did not conduct raids for several months
before and after the 2000 census. But today’s political climate is even more
volatile on the issue of illegal immigration."
I think there is good logic behind this request, and though it is going to be thrown back and forth in this heated immigration debate, it helps both sides. Understanding how many people are here is key to any solution that we are going to come to on this issue. In counting we may find that the numbers that we have been using are grossly over or grossly under the actual total. It makes sense to take a break for a couple months, so that a clear data set can be developed.
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