Census 2010 and Illegal Immigrants
October 15th, 2009
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County will Count Illegal Immigrants in 2010 Census
Shortly after I took office in January of this year, I had a meeting with a couple of Hennepin County employees who were working on a program to promote the 2010 U. S. Census. Encouraging everyone in the county to fill out the census form was more crucial this year than ever before, I was told, as the population numbers derived from the 2010 Census would determine representation for Minnesota in Congress, and there has been talk that Minnesota could lose one congressional seat after the census numbers come in.
In addition, the census numbers will used to set state legislative boundaries and allocate representation in the Minnesota legislature. Read more…
