Local advocates for immigrants continue to organize in response to US Senator Arlen Specter’s controversial immigration reform proposal, which, among other things, would criminalize undocumented status, and organizations and people who aid undocumented people. Nationwide protest has sparked discussion about the legislation and delayed Senate debate on the bill.
On Wednesday, Providence residents joined in the protest, marching from the YMCA on Broad Street to US Senator Lincoln Chafee’s local office, gathering there to register their objections.
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- Hope amid setbacks
On December 8, Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out another Massachusetts immigration raid.
- The biggest loser
Immigration may be a national issue, but it’s also going to be a major theme in this year’s state elections — and nowhere more than in the Massachusetts governor’s race.
- Avoiding a border war
It's a matter of moments before the likes of Lou Dobbs and Bill O'Reilly scapegoat the believed-to-be-illegal-immigrant suspects in last week's Brookline rape case for every problem in America.
- Immigration raid substitutes for a comprehensive policy
The divisions couldn’t have been any clearer as immigrants’ advocates and critics of illegal immigration seized on last week’s federal raid in New Bedford.
- Critics target fight against real ID
Even before the May 1 march that mobilized thousands to march in support of immigrant rights, a spectrum of Rhode Islanders have been strategizing about how to respond to a piece of federal legislation that passed last year without Congressional debate or public hearings.
- MacKay’s fill-in column comes to a sudden end
Providence Journal political reporter Scott MacKay’s temporary assignment as a political columnist came to an abrupt end.
- Conservatives shrug off the Globe’s Romney-lawn exposé
As stumps around the country, wannabe president and occasional governor Mitt Romney likes to crack wise about the nutty Massachusetts media.
- Blogs vs. reality
They came, they marched, they chanted. Now they wait.
- In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants?
Illegal immigrants in Rhode Island can get an education through high school, but the guarantee ends there. If they want to go to college in the state, they must pay the same tuition as out-of-state students.
- Taking a stand
In perhaps the largest political demonstration in Rhode Island history, thousands of people rallied at the State House Monday to support the legalization of undocumented immigrants.
- The Dems are coming
Here are three admittedly subjective, shoot-from-the-hip snapshots of the three Democratic candidates for governor.
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