Immigration
Today, the ProJo delves into a report published last week by the Center for Immigration Studies: [T}he survey, based on U.S. Census data, found that immigration to Rhode Island increased by 61 percent between 2000 and 2007 and that immigrants and their U.S.-born children make up 17.7 percent of the state’s population. By contrast, that…
Yesterday, Dan Yorke played a clip of Bishop Thomas Tobin on one of the Sunday news shows (which does not appear to be online, yet) discussing immigration. I certainly wouldn’t claim to be more Catholic than the bishop, to modify a phrase, let alone the College of Bishops, but it seems to me that his…
Get out the scoreboard. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York), who had endorsed the idea just two weeks ago, has this afternoon done a one eighty on the question of drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants. “I support Governor Spitzer’s decision today to withdraw his proposal,” Clinton said in a statement. “As president, I will not support…
Governor Eliot Spitzer has backed off his controversial plan to issue drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday dropped a controversial plan to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants because of overwhelming opposition to the policy. “I’ve concluded that New York state cannot conduct this program on its own,” Spitzer…
Today the ProJo editorializes about Sen. Hillary Clinton’s illegal immigrant licensing faux pas: The country has laws against open borders. Those who enter the United States illegally are not supposed to be given all the privileges of life in America, including benefits from the government, jobs, housing and drivers’ licenses — which can be used…
Under “Senator Clinton: Illegals Should Have Licenses”, commenter Greg asks, “Has anyone heard if insurance companies have signed on to the plan to give illegal aliens coverage?” After some quick research on this question, it appears that they have. The concern is that illegal aliens simply will not purchase the insurance – or they will…
We know that there was a license scam in RI and now a similar one has been uncovered in Massachusetts (and other states). Typically, the “license rings” operate in similar ways: corrupt registry clerks work with middlemen, who sell the licenses to illegal immigrants, criminals, and others looking to cover their identities. The driver’s licenses…
After strong opposition, New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer has backed off a plan to issue standard New York drivers licenses to illegal aliens, instead proposing three different drivers licenses, one of which would be for those who cannot prove citizenship or legal residency. A third type of license will be available to undocumented immigrants. Spitzer…
More arrests in the DMV fake ID case, and a little more info on Dolores Rodriguez-LaFlamme: Dolores Rodriguez-LaFlamme, 40, of Providence, one of the two clerks arrested in the fraud scheme, had already been ordered deported. Her application for adjusted immigration status had been denied after a federal investigation discovered two fraudulent marriages, according to…
The Providence City Council unanimously passed a non-binding resolution Thursday night endorsing a boycott of Western Union, making it the first city in the United States to do so. Activist groups nationwide have been organizing small protests against the company for the past month, charging that Western Union’s fees are too high, and that the…
