Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Gaps emerging in US census outreach to immigrants

As hard as the government and many groups are working to get everyone counted, mistakes are being made. The count is so important, we must hope it is much more accurate than other years. - - Donna Poisl

By HOPE YEN, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The government is fumbling some efforts to assure immigrants that U.S. census data won't be used against them, including gaps in outreach and foreign language guides that refer to the decennial count as an investigation.

With the launch of the head count weeks away, the Census Bureau's outreach has been falling short in at least a dozen major cities, such as Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Jose, Calif., and Seattle, according to a report released Monday by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
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