Rhode Island: Bill (HB5255) making E-Verify voluntary gets mixed reaction

Rhode Island: Bill (HB5255) making E-Verify voluntary gets mixed reaction...would allow employers to decide for themselves whether they want to use E-Verify, a federal system that uses Social Security Administration and Homeland Security databases to screen out unauthorized workers. also establishes usage standards that follow federal law. That includes that employers could not prescreen potential employees before they ere hired; critics say pre-employment screening has been used illegally as a racial-profiling tool. “This bill is a voluntary E-Verify system...ACLU supports the bill; the Cranston Tea Party opposes, said, “We’re here to protect our jobs and resources and those of eligible workers.” She told the committee, “It’s our position that you don’t represent illegal aliens,” but rather, the interests of citizens.

http://www.projo.com/news/content/NO_E-VERIFY_06-08-11_3AOH94H_v10.311e203.html

Rhode Island weighs in-state tuition for illegal aliens

Rhode Island weighs in-state tuition for illegal aliens...To qualify for reduced tuition, students would have to earn a Rhode Island diploma after attending a state high school for at least three years. They would also have to sign an affidavit stating that they are seeking legal residency in the U.S...In-state tuition at the University of Rhode Island this year was $9,000. Out-of-state students paid more than $25,000. Lawmakers have considered the legislation before, but it's never passed the House or Senate. No votes on this year's legislation are scheduled..."What about the legal kids from Connecticut or Seekonk, Massachusetts?"

http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/05/26/ri_weighs_in_state_tuition_for_illegal_immigrants/

Rhode Island Saudi Student Arrested For Making Bomb Threat

Rhode Island Saudi Student Arrested For Making Bomb Threat...The poor dear. They wouldn’t serve him his pancakes so he threatened to blow the joint up.

http://www.rightwingnewswatch.com/2011/05/09/rhode-island-saudi-student-arrested-for-making-bomb-threat/

Rhode Island: Secure Communities active in RI; Providence is included

Rhode Island: Secure Communities active in RI; Providence is included...Immigrant advocates complain that Secure Communities leads to the deportation of people who have committed only minor crimes or civil infractions of federal immigration law, and unjustifiably disrupts the established lives in the U.S. of individuals and families. Local law enforcement jurisdictions may NOT opt out of Secure Communities, according to ICE, as Providence asked to do.

http://newsblog.projo.com/2011/04/secure-communities-active-in-r.html

Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) wants "parole in place" (amnesty) for millions of illegals

Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) wants "parole in place" (amnesty) for millions of illegals.. On Saturday, at an event in Providence, Rhode Island, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) gave a speech to a crowd of hundreds of legal immigrants and illegal aliens in which he criticized the federal government over deportations.
The event was one in a series which Gutierrez has planned across the country

http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/congressman-wants-parole-place-amnesty-for-millions-of-illegal-aliens?CID=examiner_alerts_article

RI: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on immigration-related bills

RI: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on immigration-related bills...Gov. Chafee’s rescission of ex-Gov. Carcieri’s 2008 executive order cracking down on illegal aliens “took all our protection away and re-created a sanctuary atmosphere for illegal aliens. It took away three years of progress that we made, and put us back to ground zero.”

http://www.projo.com/news/content/SENATE_IMMIGRATION_03-23-11_41N54JP_v22.1a1ee81.html

Rhode Island: Businesses would check immigration status of EVERY job applicant

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Businesses would stand on the front lines of efforts to crack down on illegal aliens under a legislative proposal to require employers to check the immigration status of every job applicant.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/03/21/ri_bill_businesses_would_check_immigration_status/