A woman from Senegal described what’s at stake as the Trump administration targets immigrants for deportation. “We are not criminals,” the woman said. “We are not bad people.”

A British national from Northern Ireland has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island for participating in a multi-state construction and money laundering fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom said.

International travelers to Rhode Island represent about 180,000 visitors annually, and 44 percent come from Canada and Mexico, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation noted.

In a joint statement Friday, the Rhode Island Department of Education and the Attorney General’s office advised schools not to get rid of their DEI policies and protections for LGBTQ students.

A British national from Northern Ireland illegally in the United States has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island for participating in a multi-state construction and money laundering fraud scheme,

If only he could turn his gavel into a magic wand, House Speaker Joe Shekarchi said he could make remarkably fast-paced progress in tackling Rhode Island’s housing crisis. Instead, without the ability to defy the iron laws of the marketplace,

The states told U.S. District Court Chief Judge John McConnell Jr., that the Trump Administration’s threat to freeze trillions of dollars of grants and loans budgeted to fund everything from homelessness to health care. In some cases, even a delay of hours or days, the lawyers said, would cause “irreparable harm” to communities.

In a Feb. 17 press release, Zachary Cunha ’98, the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, wrote that he had submitted a letter of resignation to the Justice Department and White House earlier this month.

United States Attorney Zachary Cunha announced his immediate resignation on Monday as as United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island. He was notified by the White House that he had been directed to do so by President Trump.

Presidents' Day, which is also known as Washington's Birthday, is a federal holiday, which means some institutions will be closed today.

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