Well, I think the idea is that the Census data will be inaccurate since it asks questions about the people in your household, and if you have an illegal alien living with you, you probably wouldn't mention them in government documents.
Still, with the lacking resources devoted to handling illegals
They won't vote, no. But they're still living in the country and subject to laws, etc.
That's more along the line of what I was thinking. Legal minorities don't have much to worry about. Illegals staying in the US via illegal mean can just ignore the census. However, illegals that want to respond to the census would have to put a target on their back to do so. The same goes for people who harbor illegals and want to respond to the census.
That being said, the resources devoted to dealing with illegal immigrants is meager at best. Right now, that census question would serve primarily as intel to be acted upon notably later, a way to decrease the population counts for illegal immigration supporters, and a justification for government targeting (similar to how traffic cops use traffic violations as an excuse to bust people for drugs).
Regardless, the question is being over blown. MSM and the political scene in general is a giant magic act: Misdirection is the name of the game. To clarify, they're making a big deal about one thing and drawing attention away from another, the lack of anything meaningful actually getting done.
A celebration of our military is always warranted. Fly overs always get people standing, cheering, and clapping.
While true, the US military isn't always doing good things.