Immigration
Governor Donald Carcieri’s executive order concerning illegal immigration basically has two sections, a set of provisions that apply to the state government’s hiring procedures, and a set of provisions that apply to law enforcement. The first three provisions apply to state government; the first two specifically to hiring…1. The Department of Administration shall register and…
Back up a dump truck! However, the various misinformed assertions about the Governor’s Executive Order are quickly disposed of: Racial profiling – N/A Scapegoating – N/A Hate – N/A Political grandstanding for campaign purposes – Humorous and N/A As are these: National origin, color of skin, accent – N/A Taking the law into one’s own…
The ways in which communities congeal are comprehensible, and although we should lament the development unto primacy of identity politics, it is understandable that people get sucked into them. That said, I still have difficulty empathizing with this sort of thing, said (this time) in response to the governor’s recent moves against illegal immigration: “Are…
Ray Henry of the Associated Press has a preview of the changes to immigration policy that Governor Donald Carcieri plans to announce today… Gov. Don Carcieri plans to sign an executive order Thursday forcing prison officials and state police to identify illegal immigrants in state custody and requiring that state agencies take other steps to…
March 6 was the one year anniversary of the “raid” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Michael Bianco Incorporated in New Bedford. Remember that managers at the factory (allegedly) did not just knowingly hire undocumented immigrants but would helpfully direct applicants (allegedly) down the street to obtain (allegedly) fake documents as needed. In researching related…
It would have been helpful of Karen Lee Ziner to provide some detail as to the factuality of this assertion: [Steven] Brown, of the ACLU, [who isn’t a lawyer, by the way] called Richardson’s actions “clearly and patently illegal” and said “there are legal remedies available” for people who believe their civil liberties have been…
That numerous undocumented immigrants are currently employed at Packaging Concepts Limited in Lincoln, RI appears not to be a question. What is murky, and perhaps deliberately so, is the employing entity. Following upon the terrible injury of Mr. Leonardo Cos at Packaging Concepts Limited came reports of certain follow-up activity there. Firstly, the company called…
Perhaps it will serve to advance the conversation about immigration if we’re explicit about the choices that we face. To that end: Carlos Avila Sandoval, the Guatemalan consul general for New England, said his countrymen come to the United States to escape the grinding poverty and a long legacy of violence and political instability at…
I’ve been scarce around here lately, sorry about that. A couple quick things: The RI Refrigeration thing is yet another manifestation of the frustration so many have with lax immigration policy. Personally, I think asking for an SS # crosses the line, but I’m not into engaging in such confrontation anyway. Not sure what purpose…
During my commute home, Dan Yorke was interviewing some of the Hispanic leaders involved in the rally demanding action against Providence store-owner David Richardson, and he asked one of them — a man of the cloth — what Jesus would do. The minister’s response was to cite Jesus’ overturning of the money changers’ tables in…