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Census count to exclude overseas missionaries -- again - Salt Lake Tribune

The U.S. Census will not count religious missionaries that are stationed overseas in the 2010 Census.

I can go off on a long tangent about this. I do not think it is necessary.

If an American takes time out from their lives to serve their church, they should be counted in the Census.

I would think if someone has to pay federal and state taxes even though they are working as missionaries overseas that they should also be counted in the census. A college roommate had an aunt who was a missionary in Peru. Every year he would prepare her tax returns for her even though she would only return to the US every four years. I don't remember all the details but I know she had federal and state taxes deducted from her support along with Social Security.

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Let's count illegal immigrants instead.

Census Bureau: We’ll Work with ‘Community Organizations’ to Count All Illegal Aliens in 2010


CNSNews.com) - The acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Thomas Mesenbourg, told CNSNews.com that the bureau intends to work with community organizations to make sure every illegal alien in the United States is counted in the 2010 Census.

The Census is used to apportion the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. There are 435 House seats that are divided among the states in proportion to their population, which is determined by the decennial census. States with more people get more seats in the U.S. House.

This means that a state harboring more illegal aliens can gain more House seats as long as the Census Bureau finds the illegal aliens and counts them. This also means that the illegal alien population resident in the United States during a census year has the potential to alter the regional and philosophical balance of power in Congress.

Mesenbourg’s comments were made after a press conference on Wednesday where Commerce Secretary Gary Locke joined several interest groups, including Univision, the National Council of La Raza, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) to talk about efforts to ensure a full count of Latinos in the 2010 Census.

When asked whether he intended to maximize the count of illegal aliens in next year’s census, Mesenburg said: “Our job is to count everyone that resides in the U.S.--count them once. So, certainly that’s our goal to count every individual, every resident whether they’re documented, undocumented, whether they are citizens or non-citizens.”