“To the Hispanic community, the reality is that, the Census, participating in the Census is very important,” said Rodrigo Leiva in Spanish while speaking at a rally focused on urging the American public to participate in the decennial tabulation by the Census Bureau.
Leiva is the executive director of the Latino Federation of Greater Washington, a non-profit membership organization that self-designates as a group that “works to empower the Latino community through advocacy, research and capacity-building resources.”
“It’s about resources. It’s about a tremendous importance of billions of dollars. We have to participate. Please participate,” continued Leiva. “There is no fear about immigration being an issue. This is a totally separate organization. The answers you provide are totally confidential. It’s very critical for our future.”
Leiva indicated that given that the undocumented Hispanic immigrants pay taxes, they should be able to benefit from government-funded “resources” as other taxpayers do.
“They do pay taxes,” Leiva told CNSNews.com after the event. “Anytime they’re buying something at the store they’re paying taxes.”
He later added, “Even though they don’t have an immigration status, they are filing for taxes.”
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