Census Bureau wants immigration raids called off

Census Bureau wants immigration raids called off
Copyright by The Associated Press
August 17, 2007


WASHINGTON -- The Census Bureau wants immigration agents to suspend enforcement raids during the 2010 census so the government can better count illegal immigrants.
Raids would make an already distrustful group even less likely to cooperate with government workers, the Census Bureau said.

One lawmaker said she thinks ''it's nuts'' for the Census Bureau to ask for a break in enforcement.

''I don't know what country the Census Bureau is living in,'' Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) said. ''I can tell them the American people have grown sick and tired of their immigration laws not being enforced.