Immigration
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…
While David Richardson, owner of Rhode Island Refrigeration on Branch Avenue in Providence, went over the line in asking to see the social security card of someone in his shop speaking a language other than English, his action on this and prior occasions is understandable. It stems from frustration with a government which has carried…
Following the titular formula typically used in articles about scientific (or at least quasi-scientific) studies, the Providence Journal gave this story the headline “Views may spur hate crimes”: Anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos, a watchdog group said Monday. The Southern…
It’s been awhile since I checked in on Fred on Everything and remembered to do so only at a reader’s suggestion about a particular piece on immigration: One of the speakers was Phil Rushton, of the University of Western Ontario, whose specialty is the study of racial differences in intelligence. Only among the ideologically befogged…
I have to admit to being a bit confused by David’s comments to my post about Rhode Island’s lost jobs. I pointed out that Rhode Island hadn’t gained jobs, as expected, over the last year, but lost them, including in the construction industry. With a slate of laws in mind that would attract low-end and…
This press release put out by Immigrants United the General Assembly, announcing a campaign of legislation, is a jaw-dropper: -(2008 – H7967), by Representative Segal, which ensures a person’s race, color, ethnicity, national origin, or lack of English language proficiency shall not constitute reasonable grounds for the police to inquire into a person’s immigration status.…