Rhode Island legislators try again for curbs on illegals

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two legislators whose effort to curb illegal immigration died during the last General Assembly session intend to introduce a revamped version of their bill.

The Rhode Island Taxpayer and Citizens Protection Act would tighten state laws governing driver’s licenses and criminalize efforts by businesses or individuals to harbor illegal immigrant workers.

The bill is co-sponsored in the House by Cranston’s Democratic representative Peter Palumbo in the Senate by Christopher Maselli, a Democrat from Johnston. The bill’s original version aimed solely at prohibiting companies from hiring or harboring undocumented immigrants.

It died during the last Assembly session, along with a package of some 36 other immigration-related measures.
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