Clergy urges Illegals to refuse to answer the US Census

I'm waiting for the Ba'ha'i (spelling?) Faith people in my area to protest the census. It is against their beliefs-some of them- to answer that they are any race except the human race (at least that is what I've been told by some). So I think they will be writing in human and I'm interested in what the census says about that.

I don't see why they would do that. Illegal immigrants's information isn't supposed be used with the immigration department. The information that is to be picked up under this census is completely confidential; therefore, It can't be used by anyone. Illegals immigrants should definitely fill it out so we can know how many there really are.

I would think telling the world by newspaper that you and a bunch of other people in your church are illegal would make the next service targeted for a raid on the church.

So I agree with you, Sedel, the person telling the newspaper that was asking for trouble.

I go along with him they shouldnt be included in the cencus for they arent legal!

Trash Queen, Yup hurts every one we take in more poeple than anyone looks like some other country could take some of them too dont ya think? Poeple put the illeagles to work for they work for less butt henm that puts our people out of work or less jobs and no telling how many epeople that lost jobs over a year ago or longer that cant find jobs and can no longer draw unemplyment!

Whether or not they are legal isn't the issue. The gov't wants to know how MANY people are here. That says how fast the population is growing - legally or illegally. By knowing the past growth, they can extrapolate the growth for future building projects like roads, water systems, power systems etc. Also, by knowing how many people live in a general area, the fed gov't can allocate funds for subsidies. If Phoenix shows X million people that's the funding they are going to get, even though that number is 1/2 what the population really is. So everyone suffers.. legal & illegal alike. The illegal alien issue is a grave one. 10.8% of the local population here is reportedly unemployed & I don't know if that includes those on unemployment only or if it includes those who don't qualify for unemployment but still don't have jobs. Yet all the illegal Haitians who were here prior to the earthquakes have been given a special status that allows them to stay & work... taking jobs from legal citizens. And the Dade County (Miami, FL) public health care system operates several hospitals spread throughout the county. They have been all over the news lately with a $240 million loss when they expected $40 million. Yet more & more injured Haitians from the earthquake are being brought to Jackson for treatment. I'm not saying I'm against it because I do understand they are human; they are suffering; & there is no relief in their own country. But offering aid to them is causing our own people to suffer more Obviously not as much as the Haitians... but they are worse off now than before we started helping the earthquake victims.

Wait a minute, you are saying that people who aren't citizens aren't subject to the same laws as everyone else in the country? Would you say that Americans should be subject to laws when they visit other countries? Everyone in this country, citizen, illegal, visitor, or resident alien are subject to the laws of the country. We are also obligated to treat them equally in regards to the laws, too. That's why there's so many illegals that take advantage of the emergency rooms on this side of the border. By law, the hospital has to treat all emergencies regardless of citizenship status. Also, are you sure that the government used the census as a basis to put the Japanese Americans into camps? I truly doubt that was where they got the information. There are a lot of ways the government can get information on someone. If you've ever held a job, voted, gotten a driver's license or visited a hospital, they can get all that information from those things, too.