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?5 5WI -3BBV\ Const itut Ion confirmed After i9yem% of f&fiectioa pad pevi- Hon, the Sisters ©f St Josepho! Rodv Irt the ctocwe to how their tevised con- stittitten approved by tome, foge 3. McQuoid mesmerized OwSovfowrtjuthe^fl'sOowiyTlfQdo dozzted «i o» hondot ths^ten* && Ovfc Comer ta&i#6*feeo£ <as the ftonx teomoA»tedM<£hjaldfiomtJiefedef- ottofl Toumoment Pages ft cmd 9. I I? li'- §-- r It- Ite?^\ I Easter greetings Bonnie TraMtt/Couricr-Journal After dfjfearinaM^ tt* reskfanta of Hamilton Manor nursing home in Greece, Andrea Turney, 9,. (left) . and Eh^ Wettprtf 10, t|A «^ and their third-grade classmates from St. John the Eving^;PiMr^ than 40 baskats as part of their ratgious-aducation class. The children sang songs, chatted withrtsaidfnts.a^ and juice for their efforts. rogram m 9 icants By Lee Strong. When the amnesty provisions of the Im- migration and Control Act of 11986 went into effect in May, 1987, federal officials estimat- ed that 3.5 million undocumented aliens were quaUfied for legalization. . But by February 6,1988, only 970,000 peo- ple throughout the country had applied for legalization. '; The national pattern has carried over to the local level as well. At the Buffalo office of the US. ImmigrationahdNaturalizationServices, 19 staff members had originally been assigned tohandie thouipfds of expected applicants. Only 250 people have applied for amnesty thus far, and only one staff member remains as- signed full-time to the program. Now, as the May 4 deadline approaches for the year-long amnesty program, federal offi- cials have mounted a last minute campaign to attract eligible applicantt, >- The Buffalo INS office i* distributing posters and leaflets, pi advertizing in newspapers and on ethnfc radio stations. • \Our message fight now is that everyone eligible should apply? sanf Winston Barms, as-' sistant district director J»t the INS office, in Buffalo \It's^a once-i|t-a-lifetime. (chance). There's no future in staying illegal!' In conjunction with. INS efforts, local human-service groups nfye stepped up efforts to alert undocumented'aliens about the ap- proaching end of the amnesty„program. For example, Catholi^Charities of the Diocese of Buffalo, using a$5,000 grant from the Gover- nor's Task Force on Immigration and Legali- zation and $1,000 from the Volunteer Lawyers Projertof EriejCounty, is putting upa dozen billboards advertizing the program inLwestern New^York. : -:*|? \ Meanwhilejii Rochester? the Western New, York Immigration! * Friday, Marcj|?5, urging ^ the legaUzatiwi provisionsloSll^pte|^tiiie same time, the group has inciea^ife own ef- forts to make people aware of the deadline. \There may be many people who have not come out;' explained Greg ZujSski, issues coordinator for one of the network's member agencies, the diocesan Office of Social Minis- try. \Now is the time for some people to find out about the legalization process!' Network members said they believed most undocumented aliens in the region are aware of the amnesty program, but some have cho- sen not to apply. Among the major reasons aliens avoid the program, network members said, are that many potential applicants fear that applying would somehow result in depor- tation, fear that they will not qualify or will ehdanger family members who do not quali- fy* Or simply fear the INS. \Imni^a^nhas a reputation of being rath- , erh^Tho^at time? and overzealous in en- forcing the lla^'uptcd Ed Patane, refugee suj^^is^r^li^h^^tholic^v^amily Center-.' \WMhofitcui r o^aI^iinmigjatiqn has a poor repuratibn'with aliens!' \'\•'/.- Aware of this reputation, INS has for the last year worked with church and community agen- cies that serve as intermediaries, or \qualified designated entities\ in the service's parlance. During their first six months of operation, the two local ODEs—Catholic Family Center and Rural Opportunities, inc. —interviewed 641 «d 287 of|tBeseaUens\jwjth applications. AnothCT^mmphlycited reason for the lack of applicants is the program's application fees — $185 pet^spn arid$420 per feniily That cost doesMt mcludeiSuch additipjiMiarges as fees for medical ex^inatiora, photographs and fingerprinting. In addition, the application process involves a great deal of paperwork and documentation. To be eligible; aliens must be able to prove that they entered this country illegally before Janu- ary 1,1982, or that they worked in agricultur- al jobs at least 90 days between May 1,1983, and May 1,1986. As proof of residency, aliens may use employment records, income tax returns, rent receipts; school records, medical records and post marked letters, as well as af- fidavits from neighbors friends, teachers, busi- ness owners and Church officials. Producing these records is a problem for many of the aliens, however, noted Sosthenes Pierre-Philippe, legalization assistant at the Catholic Family Center. Many of the im- migrants do not have such records, and many of them have worked in situations where no Continued on Page 16 Diocese considers responses to move By Richard A. Kiley Diocesan officials are still pondering what action to take in responsei to landmark preservationists' latest attempt to save Holy Redeemer Church from demolition. Last week, William E. Knise, 18 Delamain Drive, Rochester, submitted an application asking the City of Rochester to grant landmark status to the 110-year-old church at the corner of Hudson and Clifford avenues, in an effort to prevent the Rochester diocese from obtaining a permit to raze the edifice. While the application is under review, the diocese can not demolish or make any other- changessto the church; - -without- the-approval s of*the'^ity?s'preserva* tion board. A former parishioner of the church, Kruse worked with the Landmark Society of Western New York in preparing the applica-. tion, which h,e^f|[ejcLwith.4he city's zoning department. The city's preservation board will now review the application, and public hearings on the matter will begin on April 18. The board will then have up to 21 days to make its decision. According to Stephen Kruk, a lawyer for the diocese, a response to the application will not be made until after Easter. Although Kruk said that no decision has been'made on what grounds the diocese will use in making its argument to the preserva- tion board, \I think it's totally fair to say that we will oppose this legislation.\ Six members of the city's preservation board are landmark society members, and three of the six are on the society's board of trustees. Although it is not unusual for*the board to include representatives of the landmark society, Kruk said the diocese may try to show that the situation constitutes a conflict of interest. \Right now we're researching a number of avenues we might take,\ said Kruk, an attorney with the firm of Fix, Spindelman, Turk, Himelein and Shukoff. \Wemay take (the application) on from the conflict-of- interest approach. We're also looking to research issues related to the legality of the city ordinance itself,\ he said. \My research will be completed at the end of this week, and then I'll report my findings and review them with the diocese,\ the Continued onPage 6 ndex Around the Diocese—.... Page 2 Calendar Page 7 Classifieds Page 11 Columnists Pages .12-13 Echo Page 10 Editorial & Opinion Page 14 Local News Page 3 Sports .Pages .8-9 World & Nation Pages 4-5
