San Fernando Valley Sun - Census Becomes Point of Contention for Latinos:
"It's still six months away, but the U.S. Census 2010 has become a controversial issue in the Latino community, with some groups advocating for a boycott, while others are gearing up campaigns to push immigrants to get themselves counted.
'If we cannot count on the government, why are we going to get counted?,' asked Nativo Lopez, president of Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana who along with Rev. Miguel Rivera, chairman of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy, are asking undocumented immigrants to abstain from participating in the census as a way to pressure the Obama administration to pass an immigration reform.
Lopez said Latino participation was very high in the past two censuses, in 1990 and 2000 because there was an incentive for immigrants to participate."
"It's still six months away, but the U.S. Census 2010 has become a controversial issue in the Latino community, with some groups advocating for a boycott, while others are gearing up campaigns to push immigrants to get themselves counted.
'If we cannot count on the government, why are we going to get counted?,' asked Nativo Lopez, president of Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana who along with Rev. Miguel Rivera, chairman of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy, are asking undocumented immigrants to abstain from participating in the census as a way to pressure the Obama administration to pass an immigration reform.
Lopez said Latino participation was very high in the past two censuses, in 1990 and 2000 because there was an incentive for immigrants to participate."