Census Bureau asks immigration agents to put off enforcement raids

USA TODAY
The Census Bureau wants the Department of Homeland Security to put off conducting large-scale immigration raids while it is trying to count people -- including illegal immigrants -- in 2010, according to the Associated Press.

"We're supposed to count every resident. If you go out and ask, 'Are you here illegally?' they are going to run," Kenneth Prewitt, who ran the 2000 census, tells the wire service.