Rhode Island Governor Urged to Reconsider Order

Racial profiling is a real problem in immigration enforcement. A commission in Rhode Island apparently understands this.

The Ray Henry of the Associated Press reports:

Gov. Don Carcieri’s Advisory Commission on Hispanic Affairs urged him Friday to reconsider his executive order cracking down on illegal immigration because it could lead to racial profiling and may be inspired by unverified studies.

The advisory commission does not support illegal immigration, said its chairman, the Rev. Eliseo Nogueras. But he and others said they fear Carcieri’s order could sow distrust between immigrants and police and government authorities.

Commission member Jenny Rosario, who comes from Puerto Rico, said she worried that police responding to Carcieri’s order could single out Hispanics like her.

“Is this policy going to be implemented against all illegal immigrants, whether black, brown or whatever?” she said in an interview after a Statehouse news conference. “Immigrants are not only people of color.” click here for the rest of the story.

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