Say Anything Blog

This article from the Houston Chronical details the story.  Remarkably this went from page one on AZCentral (Arizona Republic) to vanishing almost immediately.  Wonder if Jon Kyle and John McCain are thankful?

WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau wants immigration agents to suspend enforcement raids during the 2010 census so the government can better count illegal immigrants.

Raids during the population count would make an already distrustful group even less likely to cooperate with government workers who are supposed to include them, the Census Bureau’s second-ranking official said in an Associated Press interview.

Deputy Director Preston Jay Waite said immigration enforcement officials did not conduct raids for several months before and after the 2000 census. But today’s political climate is even more volatile on the issue of illegal immigration.

Enforcement agents “have a job to do,” Waite said. “They may not be able to give us as much of a break” in 2010.

We need to stop trying to reduce the number of illegals so that we can get an accurate count of how many are here so that the individual states can have Congressmen and Federal Funds distributed back to them in proportion to the number of illegals they contain.

How about this idea:

Close the borders.  Shut down companies that hire illegals or at very least, fine the hell out of them.  Enlarge the legal Visa numbers to provide DOCUMENTED, LEGAL, and TRACKABLE workers to complete the jobs the left claims “no American wants to do” such as produce, cleaning, some construction.  And deport every one that is here illegally. 

Then we will HAVE AN ACCURATE COUNT BECAUSE WE CAN COUNT THEM AS WE ALLOW THEM IN. 

Just a thought.