Chafee rescinds Carcieri immigration order

01:00 AM EST on Thursday, January 6, 2011
By Karen Lee Ziner
Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — Less than 24 hours after he was sworn in, Governor Chafee honored a campaign promise by repealing a controversial executive order that his predecessor, former Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, had issued to crack down on illegal immigration.

To cheers, Governor Chafee officially rescinded the edict that he termed “an agent of divisiveness, incivility and distrust among the state’s citizens.â€