Posts Tagged ‘census 2010’
The Census, Re-apportionment, and the Immigration Debate
Posted: November 19, 2009 at 1:52 pm By Maurice BelangerOriginally posted at ImmPolitic Blog.
One undercurrent to the year-to-year political shenanigans that play out in Congress around the immigration issue is the demographic change that is occurring in the country, officially measured every 10 years by the decennial census. There is a census coming up, in just over four months, and our friends over at [...]
Senator Vitter’s Amendment is Gumming Up the Census
Posted: October 21, 2009 at 10:44 am By Rachel LaBruyereBy Wendy Sefsaf. Originally posted at Immigration Impact.
By now, we’ve grown accustomed to Senators attempting to score political points at home through anti-immigration amendments, regardless of the topic of the underlying bill. Still, Senator David Vitter’s amendment to the Commerce, Justice and State appropriations legislation, which would cut off financing for the 2010 Census [...]
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