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Immigration attorney urges patience
Joyce warns against
unscrupulous
form-fillers
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatnot.com
EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO
GETTING THE WORD OUT - Boston attorney Tim Joyce speaks on
immigration issues last week as Guilherme Miranda translates his
talk into Portuguese.
The only assurance Bill
Joyce could offer his audience
was his belief that America 's
open door won't be closed.
"I think you should be
hopeful ,"the Boston attorney
told about 40 people during a
forum at the Community Ac-
tion Committee of Cape Cod
and Islands last week. "There
are better days ahead for im-
migrants."
But it was the present
days that brought people
with questions to the session
sponsored by Project HOPE
(Harmonic Outreach Project
Educators), a joint effort by
Cape Cod Healthcare and
Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Proj-
ect manager CamilaMonteiro,
who said she hears many tales
of immigrantsgiving (and los-
ing) their money to attorneys
and others who promise to
handle their paperwork but
instead expose them to INS
scrutiny, was aware of Joyce's
work and hisformer service as
an immigration judge.
Joyce, whose remarks were
transcribed in Portugueseand
Spanish (copies are available
by calling508-771-1727), urged
people to "sit tight" and wait
for Congress to resolve the
debate over programs that
would naturalize people who
have been in the country il-
legally for a certain period.
He urged them not to walk
into an immigration station to
check on their status, as he's
knownsomefolks whoweren't
allowed to walk out.
"Unfortunately, since 9/11
here in the United States, the
situationhasbecome substan-
tially worse for immigrants,"
Joyce said. "If you listen to
some conservative politicians
or talk radio hosts, you would
think that every immigrant is
aterrorist,when infact Idon't
think they've ever found any
immigrant who turned out to
be a terrorist."
Joyce tried to calmfears of a
mass deport ation if Congress
takes a hard line. "It's not a
solution or even feasible to
arrest and remove 12 mil-
lion people from the United
States," he said.
Sowhat'sto do? Well, Joyce
said, everyone's situation is
different. Some people are
here having overstayed a
tourist visa. "That's different
than someone who walked
over the border or crossed a
river," he said.
Joyce reminded his listen-
ers that , even though they're
not full-fledged citizens, they
do have rights. "Immigration
has no right to come into your
house without a warrant,"he
said. "You don't have to let
them in." He added, "They're
not really terrible people."
Anyone arrested who does
not have an outstanding de-
portation order is entitled to
bail, said Joyce, who noted
that "a lot of people freak
out" and sign the papers that
ensure their expulsion from
the U.S.
"I do think Cape Cod is se-
verely underserviced as far as
good, competent legal help,"
Joyce said, "and a bad lawyer
is worse than no lawyer."
Maintaining tradition...
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY MCDONOUGH
JOB WELL DONE - Will McDonough , center, poses with scouts from
Troop 54 who helped him complete an important part of his Eagle
project. The osprey pole stands in the marsh at Sandy Neck Beach
and is dedicated to his grandfather , Robert Thompson. Eventually,
McDonough hopes to raise funds to install a plaque to that effect.
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he had completed his Eagle
project to the fullest. "I was
afraid it would be too small
with just the osprey pole,"
he said. "So I added the
beach cleanup. "
With Will as overseer
Sunday, boys from Troop 54
took to a section of Sandy
Neck where they donned
rubber gloves and gathered
trash from the dune edges
to the water of a section of
beach. "It's his responsibil-
ity to be the leader of it all,"
said Troop Leader Chuck
Coleman. "He is in charge of
the planning, organization
and implementation. "
There 's a "pay-it-forward"
aspect to the cooperation
Will received. "All the other
Scouts want to do it be-
cause when they get their
Eagle they'll want the help,"
said Coleman.
Only about 2 percent of
all Scouts nationally make
it to the Eagle rank. Will is
among several boys from
Troop 54 to earn the status.
For Will, the Eagle project
was especially poignant as
it was done in memory of
his grandfather. "It was his
hope to finish it before he
passed away," said Will's
mother, Mary. "But unfortu-
nately, that didn't happen."
If he can raise the funds,
Will hopes to put a brass
plaque dedicating the os-
prey pole to his grandfather
along the access road at
Sandy Neck Beach. "They
were close," said Mary.
"That was his Papa."
Although the completion
of an Eagle project can mean
advancing out of Scouts for
many, Will hopes to main-
tain his ties with Troop 54
even after he graduates from
Barnstable High School next
year and heads off to college.
"Scouting teaches me my
favorite things," said Will.
"The morals that it teaches
you are great."
While Will could talk
all day about his exciting
adventures while Scouting
(particularly survival train-
ing and camping) , his moth-
er points out that Scouting
has also helped Will become
an amazing person.
"His leadership skills are
improving," she said. "I
believe he's capable of great
things."
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education system.That made
consideration of a job over
the border intriguing.
The New England School
Development Council con-
sultants who worked with
the Barnstable superin-
tendent search committee
told McDonald about the
job in Rhode Island, and
he sent his CV along. A
search committee chaired
by East Providence's retir-
ing superintendent , Manuel
F. Vinhateiro, reduced a list
of 15 candidates to six for
interviews and selection of
the final trio.
McDonald' s competition
includes the district's own
assistant superintendent ,
Dr.Jacqueline Forbes of Bar-
rington, R.I. and Dr. Gene
Chasin of Storrs , Conn.,
director of the Accelerated
Schools Project at the Uni-
versity of Connecticut.
"He was articulate, well in-
formed,andhad lotsofhands-
on experienceasateacher and
administrator and superin-
tendent," Vinhateiro said of
McDonald. "Those types of
experience make candidates
attractive."
Vinhateiro is leaving the
East Providence systemafter
36 years, while McDonald is
leaving Barnstable after 33.
There are other parallels as
well.
The enrollment in East
Providence is around 6,000,
like Barnstable's. There are
2,000 students in the high
school (sound familiar?),two
middle schools, and seven
elementary schools plus a
preschool. The population
is around 50,000, just like
Barnstable 's.
East Providence has a city
manager and a town council.
The council elects one of its
members as a ceremonial
mayor.A five-member school
committee oversees the sys-
tem; chairman Antone Gou-
veia did not return a call for
comment by press time.
Barnstable School Com-
mittee Chairman Ralph Ca-
hoon could not be reached
for comment as well.
Next up is a site visit to
East Providence and areturn
site visitby the Rhode Island
officials to Barnstable. Final
interviewswillbe conducted
in open session by the school
committee.
"I have not made my final
decision," McDonald said.
"There has to be a fit."
There is one difference
between McDonald' s and
Vinhateiro 's situations.
"My wife thinks I'm nuts"
not to retire, the Barnstable
superintendent said.
"My wife already told me
I'm too young to be smelling
the roses," his East Provi-
dence counterpart said with
asmile."Maybe I'll be looking
for something in Massachu-
setts."
CC Commission update, CPA Workshop
The Barnstable Town
Council will hear from
members of the Cape Cod
Commission and its staff at
next week's meeting.
The meeting wasrequested
by commission officials after it
became clear through public
statements that town coun-
cil president Hank Farnham
would like to see changes in
the regional planning and
regulatory agency.
The council will also hold a
workshopwiththe Community
PreservationCommittee,which
ischarged withrecommending
projects for funding under the
Community Preservation Act.
The workshop is something of
afollow-upto asimilarmeeting
last month on how the recom-
mendation process will work,
but it willalso be to talk about
two specific projects.
The CPChas recommended
atotal of four projects for fund-
ing so far,but onlytwo of those
are ready to be presented to
the council. Assistant Town
Manager Paul Niedzwiecki
said that the other two are
still under staff review.
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