Hispanics call for census boycott...Huh?

If this news report is accurate, the United States should immediately slam the door on immigration from hispanic countries, whether legal or illegal, on grounds something has gone seriously wrong with the hispanic gene pool.

"Some Hispanic advocacy groups are calling for illegal immigrants to boycott the 2010Census unless immigration laws are changed. The move puts them at odds with leading immigrant rights advocates and creates another hurdle in the Census Bureau's quest to count everyone in the USA.

The National Coalition of Latino Clergy & Christian Leaders, a group that says it represents 20,000 evangelical churches in 34 states, issued a statement this week urging undocumented immigrants not to fill out Census forms unless Congress passes 'genuine immigration reform.'"

Huh? Wouldn't a boycott mean that hispanics would be under-counted? Or even uncounted? Isn't this obvious, even to immigration champions who regularly stamp their feet and threaten to wreak havoc in their adopted country if their adopted country doesn't cater to their every whim?

But then, my perspective may be all wrong. I am assuming that hispanics want to follow the traditional path of immigrants: grow in numerical strength, elect sympathetic politicians, eventually run immigrants for office.

Perhaps, in the era of Obama, with Chicago's Daly political machine operating out of a branch office in Washington, this is ancient history. From now on, perhaps ACORN's thugs will see to elections, while immigrant pressure groups supply the foot soldiers.

Back to the news report in USA Today:

"Similar grass-roots campaigns are unfolding in Arizona and New Mexico to protest state and local crackdowns on illegal immigrants. Asking immigrants to be counted without giving them a chance to become legal residents counters church teachings, says the Rev. Miguel Rivera, president of the Latino religious coalition.

When the Census counts growing numbers of Hispanics, the counts are often used to support crackdowns on illegal immigrants, he says. About 38% of the churches' 3.4 million members are undocumented, he says. The Census Bureau does not ask people if they are here illegally.

"Our job is to count every single person," says Raul Cisneros, Census spokesman. "We are disappointed that any organization would urge anyone to not participate in the 2010 Census."