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06-28-2008, 05:22 PM #1
Problems in Rhode Island Government
Illegal immigration legislation: Why it failed
11:18 AM EDT on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
By Cynthia Needham
Journal State House Bureau
Senators Juan Pichardo, D-Providence, left, an opponent of the governor’s effort to crack down on illegal immigrants, and Marc Cote, D-Woonsocket, a sponsor of the E-Verify bill, attend a Labor Committee hearing last month. The Providence Journal / Connie Grosch
PROVIDENCE
The frenzied immigration debate that has engulfed Rhode Island politics and produced more legislative bills here than in almost any other state, ended with a thud over the weekend when a final proposal to crack down on illegal immigration collapsed in the waning hours of the 2008 Assembly session.
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