Groups that work with immigrants are assuring them that filling in the Census form is safe and right. - - Donna Poisl
By Michael Matza, Inquirer Staff Writer
The last time 38-year-old Chandra Gurung was counted in a national census was in Bhutan in 1991, and it led to the expulsion of more than 105,000 Bhutanese of Nepali descent.
Authorities "wanted to know if your parents and grandparents were born in Bhutan," she recalled. "If they weren't, you were forced to leave."
Now, with some apprehension, Gurung faces another count: the 2010 U.S. Census.
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