Panel to discuss governor's order on illegal immigration
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The advisory panel on Governor Carcieri's executive order on illegal immigration is set to meet for the first time today. The group consists of 27 people from law enforcement, community groups, businesses and religious groups charged with monitoring the implementation of the order, which was signed in March. It's scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. at the State House. Carcieri formed the panel to "monitor any unintended consequences" after criticism of his order, which implements policies such as deputizing state troopers and some Corrections Department staff with immigration law enforcement powers. Download a copy of the executive order. Click below for a list of panel members. Religious community: Bishop Thomas Tobin, Diocese of Providence; Rabbi Alan Flam, Rhode Island Board of Rabbis; the Rev. Donald Anderson, Rhode Island State Council of Churches; the Rev. Eliseo Nogueras, Hispanic Ministerial Alliance; the Rev. Jeff Williams, Cathedral of Life Christian Assembly; the Rev. William L. Shaw, Ministers Alliance of Rhode Island; the Rev. James T. Ruggieri, St. Patrick Church, Providence. Government: Patricia Martinez, state Department of Children, Youth and Families; Vanessa Cooley, state Department of Education; Carrie Bridges, state Department of Health; Elvys Ruiz, state Department of Human Services; Yvon Chance, Governor's Office of Community Relations; retired Rear Adm. Joseph Strausser, advisory panel chair; Deborah A. Smith, Governor's Office of External Affairs, panel vice chair. Law Enforcement: Maj. Stephen O'Donnell and Cpl. Wilfred K. Hill, Rhode Island State Police; Col. Stephen McCartney, Rhode Island Association of Police Chiefs; Magdalena Picot, state Department of Corrections, community confinement. Business: John Gregory, Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; Keith Stokes, Newport County Chamber of Commerce; Elissa O'Brien, Human Resources Management Association of Rhode Island; John Gregory, Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce. 
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