Immigration debate erupts in Rhode Island, fueled by budget crisis (AP finally writes about it – but if you already knew about this if you are a regular reader) From: ap.google.com
Tagged: border, police, Rhode IslandPosted on: April 28th, 2008
Rhode Island’s closest international border is the Canadian one, about 200 miles to the north. About 11 percent of the 1 million people who live here were born in another country, and estimates say that a third or fewer of those people are in the country illegally.
But Gov. Don Carcieri says illegal immigration has become such a problem — and cost the state so much money at a time that it is grappling with a $568 million budget deficit — that last month he signed an executive order directing state police to crack down on illegal immigrants.”*
just look at Rhode Island’s page
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