Rhode Island Advocates Decry Immigration Order

Supporters of immigrants’ rights on Monday decried an executive order Gov. Don Carcieri signed last week cracking down on illegal immigrants and urged the General Assembly to reverse it.

In a letter delivered to Carcieri’s office, about 50 representatives of community groups, lawmakers and others argued that the order will discourage illegal immigrants from reporting crimes and will be unfair to all immigrants because of racial profiling and flaws in a Department of Homeland Security database used to verify people’s legal status in the country.”*

*From: http://www.forbes.com
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