Carcieri finds immigration an issue that people are talking about

01:00 AM EDT on Monday, September 1, 2008

By Cynthia Needham

Journal State House Bureau

PROVIDENCE — As on most mornings last October, the radio chatter that day centered on the Red Sox’ ever-changing fortunes in the playoffs. That is, until Governor Carcieri made one of his frequent appearances on a talk-radio program.

His on-air banter with WHJJ host Helen Glover started with the budget deficit, but soon wound its way to the volatile topic of immigration when a caller asked Carcieri why the court system must pay English-language interpreters.

The governor praised the caller, saying he also wondered “why in God’s nameâ€