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Illegal Immigration: The ACLU has filed a lawsuit to block an executive order by the Governor of Rhode Island cracking down on illegal immigrants. A story by AP writer Ray Henry reports that Governor Carcieri has ordered employers doing business with the state to check the immigration status of new hires, and police and prison officials to check the status of arrestees and inmates for possible deportation. The lawsuit claims that the crackdown could encourage employers to discriminate against workers who appear foreign. Summer Homicides in LA have dropped to a level not seen since 1967 according to this Los Angeles Times story by Joel Rubin. From June to August, there were 84 homicides reported in LA compared with roughly 125 killings reported each summer over the past decade...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).