2010 Census at Risk of Inaccuracy Due to Immigrants’ Reluctance to Participate

Community groups are being asked to help get immigrants to fill in their Census forms. States and cities need an accurate count to get the representation and funds they are entitled to. - - Donna Poisl

By Maibe Gonzalez-Fuentes, FI2W contributor

Against an unsettling background of immigration raids and deportations, the U.S. Census Bureau expects to have a hard time convincing close to 12 million undocumented immigrants to take part in its population count next year. Therefore, it is asking community and advocacy groups for help.

“Because the bureau is part of the federal government, we don’t have credibility among people,” Philip Lutz, the assistant regional census manager for the bureau’s Philadelphia region, said last week.
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