Local police address concerns of brazilians

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I have no problem with people coming here legally and becoming citizens, but illegals are a different matter. I wonder how many are legal in this crowd?

Police address concerns of Brazilians on Cape

By PATRICK CASSIDY
STAFF WRITER
HYANNIS - So many people attended last night's meeting on strained relations between local Brazilians and law-enforcement officials that several hundred had to be turned away from the Cape Cod Community College forum.

Police and immigration lawyers responded to three hours of questions from an emotional audience.

''We realize that you are in a very difficult position because of the laws of this country, but we have to do our jobs,'' Barnstable Deputy Chief Craig Tamash said.

Tamash was among several officials invited to address concerns within the Cape Brazilian community that they are being targeted because of an alleged coffee tampering incident at a Hyannis Dunkin' Donuts in early February. Two Brazilian Dunkin' Donuts employees are accused of urinating and spitting in the coffee of police officers.

Since the Dunkin' Donuts incident, police have arrested a number of Brazilians for using fake driver's licenses. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement also have arrested several Brazilians on Cape Cod for immigration violations.

The police arrests were due to a recent flood of fake Brazilian licenses and not because of the Dunkin' Donuts incident, according to Barnstable police Lt. Paul MacDonald.

''We do not blame the Brazilian community for what two idiots did or tried to do,'' MacDonald said.

Tamash was equally reassuring. ''We know that the vast majority of the community want to do one thing - provide for your family,'' he said. ''And I wish I had a magic wand to give you all driver's licenses.''

Tamash's comment was one of several instances when the estimated 200 people inside the community college meeting room erupted into applause.

Attorney John Willshire Carreira of Greater Boston Legal Services suggested silence may at times be the best option for immigrants who are here illegally. ''You should not lie, but you have the right to be silent,'' Carreira said.

Immigrants also have the right to see a warrant before allowing anyone into their home, according to Carreira.

Carreira also warned that legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter may make life more difficult for immigrants.

 

[Adam_MA]

If they are here illegally, using FAKE drivers licenses they get EVERYTHING they deserve!

 

[M1911]

I wish I had known about it in advance. I know a fellow who is a detention and deportation officer for ICE. I would have suggested that he and some of his colleagues attend the meeting. They could have brought a bus and a bunch of zipties...

 

[C-pher]

If they are here illegally, using FAKE drivers licenses they get EVERYTHING they deserve!

+1

Hence why it's called illegally.

 

[Chris]

Give 'em a few years... Will be next to impossibel to get a 'real' license. The market in fake ones will be boomin' business. And I'm sure you'll see an upswing in loss of personal information as criminals hack into the required linked databases with all that required data.

REAL ID Act Summary

Expect a lot of wasted money, a lot of scrambling by government and citizens to comply, and a lot of abuse of the information with very little return in the sense of security. Afterall, once there is a 'national standard' for machine readable IDs, every bar, store, and other point of sale where you need to verify a customer will use it.

Now, since the Supreme Court ruled that officers can ask a law-abiding citizen for ID, I can easily see the routine practice of "Papers Please" occuring.

Scarey stuff.

Of course, the criminals don't care.

 

[JonJ]

Tamash (Barnstable Deputy Chief) was equally reassuring. ''We know that the vast majority of the community want to do one thing - provide for your family,'' he said. ''And I wish I had a magic wand to give you all driver's licenses.''

Tamash's comment was one of several instances when the estimated 200 people inside the community college meeting room erupted into applause.

Gimme a frigging break!

 

[Lynne]

What I want to know is WHY a law enforcement agency is pandering to a group of people, many of whom are PROBABLY here ILLEGALLY?????????? Excuse me????

And what's this?

"Carreira also warned that legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter may make life more difficult for immigrants."

Does that mean that ol' Arlen is getting tough on illegals? If that's the case, then GO ARLEN!! But what the hell is he (Carreira) apologising for???? If they're here legally, then they shouldn't have a damn thing to worry about. This topic gets me just as P'd as gun control legislation.

 

[FalArAk]

''And I wish I had a magic wand to give you all driver's licenses.''

I sense the liberalism runs deep within this one.But,the poor Brazilians are just pissing in the coffee that Americans don't want to piss in.

 

[TY43215]

What I want to know is WHY a law enforcement agency is pandering to a group of people, many of whom are PROBABLY here ILLEGALLY?????????? Excuse me????

And what's this?

"Carreira also warned that legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter may make life more difficult for immigrants."

Does that mean that ol' Arlen is getting tough on illegals? If that's the case, then GO ARLEN!! But what the hell is he (Carreira) apologising for???? If they're here legally, then they shouldn't have a damn thing to worry about. This topic gets me just as P'd as gun control legislation.

real nice. a How to screw the system seminar for illegals paid for by my tax dollar. Un F!!!!!!!in believable. Great use of State property and funds.

 

[SnakeEye]

yea, how many troopers were on hand, paid , to pander to the needs of potantially several hunderd non US residents.
this is PC at its most expensive..

 

[Pilgrim]

This topic gets me just as P'd as gun control legislation.

The illegals are one of the main reasons gun control is being forced on us!

 

[Skald]

The illegals are one of the main reasons gun control is being forced on us!

You wanted to shoot some of these damn illegals too?

 

[Admin]

You wanted to shoot some of these damn illegals too?

Some? Skald, hold my beer and watch this!

 

[daisywench]

Why do we even care what illegals think, or how they feel?

<shaking head>

and DON'T GO MESSING WITH DUNKIN DONUTS!

I think it's pretty ballsy of the illegals to even show up. 50 years ago they would have all been put into wagons and taken downtown.

Now we cater to them. I bet they got refreshments at the meeting, too.

 

[Paulm]

Why do we even care what illegals think, or how they feel?

<shaking head>

and DON'T GO MESSING WITH DUNKIN DONUTS!

I think it's pretty ballsy of the illegals to even show up. 50 years ago they would have all been put into wagons and taken downtown.

Now we cater to them. I bet they got refreshments at the meeting, too.

HAHAHAHA Maybe they did get refreshmenets.. and perhaps in one of the greatest moments of revenge, the LEO's that picked up the coffee from DD's pissed in it to bring things full cycle!

Bugie

 

[Lynne]

HAHAHAHA Maybe they did get refreshmenets.. and perhaps in one of the greatest moments of revenge, the LEO's that picked up the coffee from DD's pissed in it to bring things full cycle!

Bugie

One can always hope....

 

[TonyD]

Some? Skald, hold my beer and watch this!

Dude, I could make a damn fine redneck outta you. It almost brings a tear to my eye.