Rhode Island Vs. Massachusetts with Immigration Laws and recent 96.9 talk

Hey People,
Been a while since my last post, but heard something on the radio, which usually gets me talking. 96.9 Boston Talks.
So, apparently, the laws in Rhode island are, find someone illegal, Deportation. For Example, A state trooper in Rhode Island on I-95 pulled over a man, and asked for his license. The man had no license, and explained that he was here illegally. The man was arrested, and later deported. If that had happened, further up north in MA, the man would've been arrested for driving without a license. Then later released. Why? Why do we have different rules. I mean, Kudos to Rhode Island for doing the right thing deporting the immigrant, but why don't we? Does anyone have an answer to that?
Some info on the oil spil, I also learned that there is a federal law that basically states Foreign Vessels cannot come help us during times of need, unless approved by the President.( Obama). People concerned about the spil, including the Governor of Louisiana, asked the President to aprove of the many Foreign vessels willing to come help. But, President Obama denied the request, I believe it had something to do with being afraid the Union of workers might come at him for letting foreigners take their jobs. Come On! Really? Your letting that out weigh stopping this disaster!
My final little note, the last thing I heard a little about was the President of N.A.S.A, when asked what his job was in an interview, answered that the president told him to " Make better relations with Muslims around the world". What? The president of our space program, is supposed to be working on relations with a religion? This makes no sense to me! Does anyone have anything to add?
ttyl