Essentials + Rhode Island Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 22, 2009

Resigned Rhode Island Latino Republican Ivan G Marte tells Latina Lista nation is heading towards worst crisis any country could face

December 28, 2008

City of Immigrants Fills Jail Cells With Its Own – Central Falls, Rhode Island (a mostly Latino community) :: look into the fastest-growing, least-examined type of incarceration in America, an industry that detains half a million people a year, up from a few thousand just 15 years ago. The system operates without the rules that protect criminal suspects, and has grown up with little oversight, often in the backyards of communities desperate for any source of money and work. – In a sinking economy, immigration detention is a rare growth industry. – (A MUST READ)

September 24, 2008

Rhode Island students score poorly on state’s first science test – Just 6% of Hispanic students and 8% of black students scored proficient, compared with 30% of white students.

September 3, 2008

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block Gov. Don Carcieri from enforcing an executive order requiring private employers to electronically check the immigration status of new hires. – Rhode Island

August 17, 2008

Eight people serving on Gov. Don Carcieri’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs have resigned to protest Carcieri’s immigration crackdown in Rhode Island.

July 28, 2008

Nearly two weeks after federal agents arrested dozens of suspected illegal immigrants who clean the state’s courthouses, lawyers are still not sure where all of the detainees are being held. – Rhode Island