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Dems rip Carcieri on immigration initiative

Immigration is fast becoming the latest incarnation of the casino story -- the kind of thing that's going to wind up on the front of the ProJo more days than not.

Speaking today while taping Newsmakers, Joe Trillo said Governor Carcieri's immigration crackdown could save the state a lot of money. Guest panelist Jen Lawless disagreed, contending that the state shouldn't tackle a complicated situation that has, thus far, eluded a new federal approach. 

RI Democrats have put out a release ripping the governor:

Sadly, the governor has been in office for five years and he has yet to grasp how to solve complicated problems. No matter the issue, you begin by bringing people together from diverse backgrounds to discuss the issues and how they can be solved. Instead, once again we witnessed another meaningless media orchestration by the Carcieri administration that was closer to a hate rally than a press conference,” said Tim Grilo, a first-generation American, whose parents emigrated from Portugal. Grilo serves as executive director of the Rhode Island Democratic Party.

 “Doesn’t the governor understand that hundreds of thousand of immigrants have legally come to Rhode Island’s borders for the past two centuries and have greatly contributed to our society? The tone Governor Carcieri set yesterday was deplorable. Instead of hosting a meeting and inviting respected leaders of the minority community to the table, he chose the low road and took another cheap political shot,” Grilo said. “Given his plummeting public approval numbers, this looks like little more than a desperate attempt to throw a little red meat to his withering right-wing base.”

 

“There are ramifications to Governor Carcieri’s actions that he clearly does not understand. His spiteful tone not only encourages racial profiling but it encourages outright discrimination against legal citizens of our state. I think it might be time to remind Governor Carcieri that he represents all Rhode Islanders, not just those that share his narrow points of view,” said State Representative Grace Diaz (D-Dist. 11), vice chair of the Rhode Island Democratic Party.

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7 Comments

  • Mike said:

    Hey genius- It's not an "immigration" initiative it's a "don't give illegal scumbags any more" initiatiave.
    March 28, 2008 11:17 PM
  • joe bernstein said:

    Why all the hysteria?The Governor's initiative mainly concerned criminal aliens.Grace Diaz doesn't want to admit it,but she and the other enablers of immigration violators are the ones representing a narrow minority in the state. Are criminal aliens the new group of heroes for the "advocates"?It wouldn't surprise me.I knew they were going there anyway. The Governor is only trying to reinstitute a tracking system for illegal aliens in the criminal justice system that was in routine use for many years.Legal residents with certain convictions are also subject to deportation. The state should not be employing illegal aliens as contractors nor as state personnel.I know you won't answer this honestly,so I am probably wasting my time.
    March 29, 2008 3:22 AM
  • rhody said:

    Seeing a Latino member of the press really seemed to go up The Don's keester.
    March 29, 2008 4:55 AM
  • joe bernstein said:

    I don't think the Governor knew Tony Mendez of 1110 Poder because I seriously doubt they invite him there to be interviewed.he asked who he represented-normal question because the press conference was for media questions only. I can't get over how Latinos think they own the immigration issue.i guess no one else comes here?There's racism in action for you.Did you hear Grace Diaz screaming at RIC for Latinos to vote for Hillary?Just insert "white" and another candidate's name and the whining would never cease.
    March 29, 2008 6:56 AM
  • leprechaun said:

    Grace, Do you really expect anyone in their right mind to believe you wrote that statement to the press yourself and do you think anyone thinks YOU truly believe your own words . Let's give credit where credit's due . The credit should go to those persons who are directing your subversive motives and goals to ( at any cost ) ultimately LEGALIZE ILLEGAL ALIENS in R I . Maybe your local leaders Mr. Lynch and Mr. Grilo should stop protecting those directing your agenda and contemplate protecting Rhode Islands' Citizens and the LEGAL Immigrant population of our state.
    March 29, 2008 6:00 PM
  • Linda said:

    As a proud American of Portuguese and Irish ancestry not sure which of these inflammatory hatemongers offends me more, the Democratic party JV team headed by Grace Diaz and Tim Grilo featuring Grilo and his lame and offensive use of the I am Portuguese card to somehow justify (in his mind only) his hateful missive or the suddenly silent Democratic party chairman Bill Lynch who avoids putting his name on the inflammatory rhetoric he sanctioned and ordered carried out by these underlings directly under his control. Shame on you Bill Lynch. Might be time for Lynch family friend Col. Brendan Doherty to pay Bill a visit. Attempts to inflame and incite violence against a sitting Governor are frowned upon by law enforcement. Except the AG of course!
    March 29, 2008 6:50 PM
  • Rhody said:

    Bring the evidence, Linda.
    March 30, 2008 3:45 PM

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