Census Bureau Seeks to Hire Non-U.S. Citizens Ahead of 2020

[corbe]

Census Bureau Seeks to Hire Non-U.S. Citizens Ahead of 2020

Special exemptions to federal hiring laws allow the agency to temporarily employ noncitizens as officials attempt to obtain an accurate count of people living in immigrant communities.

By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter Aug. 6, 2019, at 5:56 p.m.

The Census Bureau is pursuing a legal loophole that its officials believe would allow them to temporarily hire non-U.S. citizens as part of its efforts to reach populations that are difficult to count, including in non-English speaking and immigrant communities.

People employed by the Census Bureau, including those hired temporarily, are considered federal employees and are legally required to be U.S. citizens. Specifically, the annual Appropriations Act prohibits the use of appropriated funds to employ noncitizens within the U.S.

Some exceptions exist, however, that allow the agency to hire translators temporarily, as well as to hire people admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence who are seeking citizenship, to hire people admitted as refugees or granted asylum, and to hire people for up to 60 days on an emergency basis.

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https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-08-06/census-bureau-seeks-to-hire-non-us-citizens-ahead-of-2020

[corbe]

   I really don't see the problem here, Illegals NOT asking Illegals if they are Legal to fill out a form that can't ask the question anyway, (we are so screwed).

[EdJames]

Good, let them figure this out to get paid:

Every assistant shall be allowed, as compensation for his services, at the rate of two cents for each person enumerated, and ten cents a mile for necessary travel, to be ascertained by multiplying the square root of the number of dwelling-houses in the division by the square root of the number of square miles in each division. The product shall be taken as the number of miles traveled for all purposes in taking the census.