Well, let’s see. While the census has a purpose of informing the government on how much money to be spent where for what population, the estimated numbers are not enough. Over the past years, there has been an increase of 500,000 illegal immigrants to U.S. every year (Migration Policy Institute). In 2000, there were 8.7 million illegal immigrants which has increased to 10-12 million in 2005. So over these past couple decades, they’ve replaced approximately 730,000 American labors with illegals (Dr. Donald Huddle of Rice University). Oh and considering how many of them aren’t returning to their mother countries, they are starting to repopulate in our country. And guess who pays for their welfare in the name of their U.S. born kids? It costs American taxpayers $45 billion and $10.5 billion in California alone (Federation for American Immigration Reform). So yes, on top of being unemployed in America, people are still financing the government for los ilegales.

So back to the “how effective is the census?” Well, the government has an approximate idea of how much to provide for the legal population. But when public services don’t check the statuses of immigrants, there simply just isn’t enough to serve the total population.

P.S. — I’m considering applying to Middlebury next year. Currently, still a junior in high school.

First line: “don’t” requires the apostrophe, as does “it’s”. and “government’s”, and there’s an “n” after th. “r” in government.
Second line, “I” is always capitalized.
Fourth line, again, “government” has an “n” after the “r”.
Fifth line: “student aid” does not have an “e” at the end of “aid”.
Last paragraph: “everyone’s” requires the apostrophe.

Let’s see, six lines, eight mistakes!!!