The Brown Daily Herald
Rhode Island -- Illegal immigrants will face more difficulty living and working in Rhode Island if the General Assembly approves several bills introduced this month.
One of these bills would require all companies with employees in Rhode Island to verify employees' legal immigration using a federal database. Additionally, State Rep. Richard Singleton, R-Dist. 52, has announced plans to introduce 16 more bills that would cut back on social services provided to illegal immigrants.
Singleton's proposed laws include measures to prohibit the children of illegal immigrants from attending public schools and deny welfare to illegal immigrants, according to the Web site of Rhode Islanders for Immigration Law Enforcement, an anti-illegal immigration group.
Singleton has also drafted a bill banning bilingual education. "English is the language of business and the language of culture and that is what we should be demanding that people speak whether they're legal or illegal," he told The Herald.
Posted by tyne at February 28, 2007