A Comment About

Census Controversies and the Illegal Immigration Debate

November 3, 2009 - 12:00 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Tolbert
2009-11-03 05:47:29

Rueben tries to come off as reasonable by suggesting that pro enforcement workplace raids continue, while insisting that the census also count those who are here illegally so that the states most affected by alarming number of illegals get their fair share of federal dollars to meet the burdens imposed by their presence.

In reality Ruben knows full well that workplace raids have been sparse and sporadic and are having no effect in stemming the tsunami of people entering and remaining in the country illegally.

By including illegals in the census Navarette hopes to affect a change in balance of power to those states with heavy illegal populations in a bid to reshape immigration policy sympathetic to his pro reconquista agenda.