REGION: Some Latino activists call for census boycott

Boycotting the census just to protest the slow action in immigration reform is BACKWARD thinking. More people prove there is more need, and this census count is used for the next 10 years! These people should use some common sense. - - Donna Poisl

LOCAL LATINO ADVOCATES DO NOT SUPPORT PROTEST

By EDWARD SIFUENTES

Households across the nation soon will receive their 2010 Census forms in the mail, but some immigrant rights activists are asking Latinos not to cooperate with the federal government's effort to count the nation's population.

Groups such as the Los Angeles-based Mexican American Political Association are asking Latino families to boycott the U.S. Census to protest what they say is the failure of Congress and President Barack Obama to overhaul the nation's immigration system, including legalizing millions of illegal immigrants.
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