Some Japanese-Americans Wrongfully Imprisoned During WWII Oppose Census Question

Question they should ask is citizenship, the one they should not ask is race.

I have mixed feelings about this. Some people will state that citizenship or race shouldn't be asked in the census, but I disagree: The census is important to more than just the Electoral college or representation in Congress as the data is used by NIH and other scientific studies which directly benefit the nation as a whole, regardless of race.

If we didn't have an official census to extract data from we would be forced to use other data mining methods that would be definitely intrusive and likely funded by commercial ventures in order to extrapolate their own data for their purpose. Most people already unknowingly do this because they don't read the fine print in a EULA or similar policy on a website and that has been the target of recent media attention (farcebook, google, etc)

Am I the only one who sees the irony in this? Those opposed to the census citizenship question are worried about a Republican Administration using that information to go after illegal immigrants. However, Republicans (conservatives) traditionally are for smaller government and limiting the government’s intrusion into the lives of citizens. However, the Democrats (who were in power when Japanese American citizens were detained) based on their past history are much more likely to abuse census information and use it against Americans. Many conservatives don’t trust the government while many liberals put too much faith in government to control their lives in an honest manner.

It would seem that the rolls have reversed in this situation.