Michael Ramos-Lynch ’09: Gov. Carcieri’s new immigration order: one step closer to a police state – Rhode Island
Tagged: immigrant rights, parents, police, Rhode Island, student
On March 27, Gov. Donald Carcieri ’65 signed an executive order to address undocumented immigration in Rhode Island. This order will negatively impact all Rhode Islanders.
The new policy relies upon racial profiling, turns state police officers into federal agents and uses terminology that describes Rhode Island public school students born to undocumented immigrant parents in America as a “tremendous strain” on the state despite their equal status as full U.S. citizens.
In a letter delivered to Carcieri on March 31, immigrant rights groups including Immigrants United, We Can Stop the Hate Rhode Island, the Hispanic Ministerial Association and the Univocal Legislative Minority Advisory Coalition called the order “the biggest attack on the rights of immigrants in Rhode Island in at least a generation.” Their frustration is understandable. The order contains six provisions almost all of which will harm Rhode Island and its citizens. “*
*From: media.www.browndailyherald.com
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