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Article: POPULATION: ; Census groups reach out to illegal immigrants, Hispanics, blacks
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 29, 2009
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CHICAGO - The Spanish-language soap "Mas Sabe El Diablo" ("The
Devil Knows Best") soon will treat viewers to more than the typical
vixens and hunks.
A main character is set to become a census worker, a lackluster
job more associated with tallying neighbors on the block than
notches on the bedpost.
The Telemundo network sees the unusual casting not as a ratings
grabber but as an awareness campaign underscoring concerns that the
once-a-decade tabulation of the nation's population faces especially
severe challenges in counting minorities and hard-to-reach
communities.
Meanwhile, federal authorities have stepped up arrests of illegal
immigrants, leading to worries that those residents will ...