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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 731892" data-attributes="member: 12952">RI Lawmaker Files AZ-Like Bill&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; RI lawmaker files immigration bill that&nbsp; follows Arizona’s lawKaren ZinerPROVIDENCE, R.I. — State Rep. Peter Palumbo,&nbsp; D-District 16, Cranston, has filed a bill that largely copies a&nbsp; controversial Arizona law considered the toughest immigration&nbsp; legislation in the country.Palumbo’s bill, like the Arizona law, makes failure to carry alien&nbsp; registration cards a state crime, and requires police to question people&nbsp; “where reasonable suspicion exists” that the person is unlawfully in&nbsp; the United States.The bill, H 8142, filed Tuesday, also targets people who hire illegal&nbsp; immigrants, or who knowingly transport them.Much of Palumbo’s bill is taken verbatim from the Arizona bill, SB&nbsp; 1070, which was signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer last month, over&nbsp; President Obama’s objections.Terry Gorman, head of Rhode Islanders for Immigration Law Enforcement&nbsp; (RIILE), said he and his organization plan to support Palumbo’s effort.“It’s incredibly important that we have laws like the Arizona law if&nbsp; we’re ever going to do anything about illegal immigration,” Gorman said.&nbsp; “The situation is never going to be resolved unless measures are&nbsp; taken.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 731892, member: 12952"] [B]RI Lawmaker Files AZ-Like Bill[/B] [B]RI lawmaker files immigration bill that follows Arizona’s law Karen Ziner PROVIDENCE, R.I. — [/B]State Rep. Peter Palumbo, D-District 16, Cranston, has filed a bill that largely copies a controversial Arizona law considered the toughest immigration legislation in the country. Palumbo’s bill, like the Arizona law, makes failure to carry alien registration cards a state crime, and requires police to question people “where reasonable suspicion exists” that the person is unlawfully in the United States. The bill, H 8142, filed Tuesday, also targets people who hire illegal immigrants, or who knowingly transport them. Much of Palumbo’s bill is taken verbatim from the Arizona bill, SB 1070, which was signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer last month, over President Obama’s objections. Terry Gorman, head of Rhode Islanders for Immigration Law Enforcement (RIILE), said he and his organization plan to support Palumbo’s effort. “It’s incredibly important that we have laws like the Arizona law if we’re ever going to do anything about illegal immigration,” Gorman said. “The situation is never going to be resolved unless measures are taken.” [/QUOTE]

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