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April 3, 2008

Groups plan to protest governor's immigration order

Another protest is scheduled today at the State House to voice opposition to the governor’s executive order aimed at identifying and removing illegal immigrants from Rhode Island.

An organizer said a handful of advocacy groups are involved.

“While the Governor tries to argue that immigrants without legal status cost the state money,” a statement announcing the protest says, “immigrants who don’t have papers pay more in taxes than higher wage earners and receive less in services and tax refunds than other workers.”

Exactly how many illegal immigrants are in the state, and what their financial impact is, is a point of contention which no one has been able to answer definitively.

Today’s protest is scheduled for 4 p.m. this afternoon at the State House Rotunda.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 12:19 PM | Permalink

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