8 members of Hispanic panel resign

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Friday, August 15, 2008
By Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — Having signaled their intentions several times in the past few weeks, 8 out of 12 members of the Governor’s Hispanic Advisory Commission say they have resigned. They were scheduled to make an announce at a news conference at the State House this morning.

The resigning members are Jaime Aguayo, Jorge F. Cardenas, Juan Garcia, Mario Mancebo, Elida Picard, Magdalena Picot, Jennie Rosario and Bruno J. Sukys.

Sukys also resigned several weeks ago from a separate governor’s advisory group that is monitoring implementation of the executive order on illegal immigrants.

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Resigning commissioners cited “decisions and policies enacted by Governor Carcieri that have hurt the immigrant and Latino community, the most recent being the raids in the Rhode Island state courthouses,” as their reason for leaving the group.