Is there any point to conducting a census of U.S. citizens if citizenship is assumed, rather than affirmed, for all respondents? Democratics believe so, and to that end have blocked an attempt by Republican Senators to ascertain citizenship status of respondents. Among its many purposes, census population totals are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each state. Apparently, the question of whether or not elements of the population are legally able to vote is irrelevant to Democratics.
In related news, Portland police have busted a guy whom they say has been positively tied through DNA to sexual assaults of two women who were leaving Portland bars -- one in June 2009 and another in June 2008 -- and consider him a suspect in three other attacks against women in Northwest Portland this summer.
Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney Don Rees said additional charges may follow. Juarez-Paulin's bail has been set at $500,000, and he faces an immigration hold. He told police he worked at a restaurant in Beaverton, and lived with his brother in that city.
So we know that our pal Juan is here illegally, just doing the jobs that Americans won't do. Rape is just a sideline, and it's really not even rape - merely a "cultural misunderstanding". Any bets as to the status of his brother? Democratics don't care.
I keep reading that a separate survey already collects the citizenship data. Is this true? If so then how do they do it without "discouraging immigrants" as the article states? Also what are the requirements having to do with participating in this folly?
Posted by: Bobkat | November 06, 2009 at 01:49 AM
It's OK to ask how many bathrooms your house has, or whether you own or rent, or your "race", or whether you've attended school or college in the last 3 months, or whether anyone there got food stamps in the last year, or how many minutes it took last week to get to work, or ...
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/SQuest09.pdf
... but not if you're a citizen?
Here's a long form from the 2000 Census:
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/07f_or.pdf
"PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, and YEAR OF ENTRY (continued). . . . . . . . . . . . . .
place of birth asked since 1850
citizenship asked 1820-1830, 1870, 1890-1990
year of entry asked 1890-1930, 1970-1990"
Posted by: ZZMike | November 06, 2009 at 12:59 PM