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Many skeptics also worry about false positives that come not from the computer but from counterfeits or employers looking to bypass the system. "It's naive to think that this document won't be faked," Calabrese says. "Folks are already paying $10,000 to sneak into the country. What's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Although the card is being presented as existing solely for determining employment eligibility, "it will be almost impossible to say that this wealth of information is there, but you can only use it for this purpose," Coney says. "Privacy is pretty much hinged on the notion that if you collect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

The story could substitute a Mexican-American family - or Colombian- or Nicaraguan-American ones for that matter - but the gist would be the same. Many, if not most, Hispanics in the U.S. think of their ethnicity (also known as Latino) not just in cultural terms but in a racial context...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Black or White: Why the Census Misreads Hispanics | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

An even larger share of Hispanics, including my Venezuelan-American wife, is expected to report "Other," "Hispanic" or "Latino" in the race section of the 2010 census forms being mailed to U.S. homes this month. What makes it all the more confusing if not frustrating to them is that Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Black or White: Why the Census Misreads Hispanics | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

It's not easy being the Census agency for America's baroque melting pot. And to be fair, Falcón notes, the Census hasn't slighted Hispanics in this year's count. On the contrary, as if acknowledging that Hispanics are now the nation's largest minority, the bureau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Black or White: Why the Census Misreads Hispanics | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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