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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @05:39PM (#48521747)
That 11M represents decades of migration. It's not getting tripled with the flip of a switch.
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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by throwawa1 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @05:53PM (#48521866)
12.2 million Mexicans live in California alone.
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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @06:05PM (#48521948)
Mexican heritage, yes. Mexican citizenship without US citizenship, very much no.
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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by throwawa1 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:11PM (#48522407)
And 50 million never bothered to learn English? Here for decades? I have a bridge to sell you Dylan.
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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:51PM (#48522665)
The bridge is that 50 million number that just appeared, yeah. Where did you get that?

Is that the number of people that don't have English as their first language? Almost all of that group does speak English.

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