For 2010 Census, counting gets tougher

WILMINGTON, Del. — The pungent aroma of spices, beans and rice fills the matchbox-size Dominican Cafe on West Fourth Street. The lunch counter is packed when community activist Carlos Dipres enters and chats with diners about el censo. He’s met by blank stares.

A block away at Juan’s Auto Repair, owner Juan Vargas says he doesn’t know much about the U.S. Census but is pretty sure he’ll respond to the government survey when it’s sent out in 2010. “As long as it’s in Spanish,” he says through a translator.

Meanwhile, a couple of African-American men hanging out in front of an old row house in this inner-city neighborhood refuse to talk about the Census. Period.

Language barriers. Cultural diversity. Suspicion about the government. They’re all part of the daunting challenge the Census Bureau faces in just 18 months to accurately tally the number of Americans.

Counting each person in the USA every 10 years hasn’t been easy since the first Census in 1790, when counters went door to door on horseback. But 220 years later, the hurdles could be unprecedented. The nation now has more than 300 million people. It’s more diverse than ever. Natural disasters such as hurricanes Katrina and Ike have displaced tens of thousands. Home foreclosures have put countless families into temporary living arrangements.

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For 2010 Census, counting gets tougher

Juan Acevedo Vargas needs to be one of the 1st ones rounded up… ENGLISH is the language of the USA, why should I have to press *1* for English? If I go to live in a foreign nation, one that does not speak English as it’s official language, I am the one that should conform to their way of life, not vice versa.

WHY are we the ones that have to submit to the will of the IMMIGRANTS?? Legal or otherwise? Speak, read and write English or GET OUT!

New anti-terrorism measures such as the Patriot Act expanded the authority of law enforcement agencies here and abroad. The Census vows confidentiality, but new state and local laws that aim to crack down on undocumented immigrants are making even some legal immigrants nervous.

Making THEM nervous? How about the entire LEGAL population of the USA?? We’re nervous too. Our economy is in shambles, we have Americans that are out of work, we’re nervous too, and our politicians simply don’t care.

Look at the Senators and Congressmen that supported the amnesty things a while back. Look at our welfare system. The money that the taxpayers of this nation pay in should go to serve OUR nation and OUR people, citizens, legal citizens.

The entire ILLEGAL INVADERS ilk will do everything in their power to remain anonymous, they will avoid the census, they will continue to be a drain on our already weak economy and the only thing I can think of is this, if they can’t or won’t speak, read and write English, the USA is NOT their home. Round them up and run them off.

We have begged for the government and INS to step up enforcement and build a wall, a fence, put troops on the border, whatever it takes. Ladies and Gentlemen, our elected officials, for the most part, do NOT give a damn about what you and I think. You doubt that? Look at the 75% of the senate that voted FOR the bailout, AFTER getting pleas from US, their constituents, numbering nearly 100 – 1 at times, telling them NO, don’t do it!

At this point, I rest MY case…