RI gov promises to meet over immigration crackdown
Jul 28, 11:15 AM EDT
RI gov promises to meet over immigration crackdown
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri will meet with an advisory panel critical of a state crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Carcieri promised the meeting Tuesday after three clergymen on the panel complained that Carcieri has twice delayed sitdowns with the group to discuss the consequences of his executive order targeting illegal immigrants.
The governor did not set a date for the meeting during an interview on WPRO-AM.
The advisory panel issued a report in January that said an executive order that Carcieri signed last year was widely misunderstood and feared.
It forces State Police and prison officials to identify illegal immigrants for possible deportation. It also tries to keep illegal immigrants out of the work forces of the state government and companies doing business with the state.
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