Asking Bahamians to abide by the law..............................................
Imagine that.
Try driving on the streets of Nassau.
Try using facts in an argument.
Try getting transparency and honesty from our government.
If not for the likes of people such as Fred Smith, I can't imagine how low this country could fall.
Hey, I don't agree with everything he says and does.
But who the hell else with any voice in this country fights for the average man?
Someone in our government?
Let's get real for a change and look outside our smoky windows.
It's a big world out there.

When lawyers like Fred Smith and Justice Hilton, use the courts to uphold what is illegal because it reflects their personal convictions...they are making a mockery of the legal system. Advising people that law enforcers are powerless, when the constitution states otherwise, is again mocking the system. This man is not about "abiding" by the law, he likes to hover above it and encourage his 'clients' to do the same. His real impact on the country, if successful, will not be a positive one.

Then let the Bahamian courts decide what is the law.
That's what the courts are for.
Smith is merely a lawyer, he is not a judge.

Exactly. I was simply disputing your claim that Fred Smith is about enforcing the law. However, vigilante justices like Hilton need some disciplinary action and/or continuing education. Rulings that overreach a judge's authority and contradicts law, is what legitimizes Fred Smith's unconstitutional efforts.

Susie Thompson?

One cannot simply assume that as soon as uniform is donned, that the person wearing the uniform is instantly transformed into the perfect unblemished person. The cloth does not make the man or woman. The actions do. We all know that what goes on in the detention centre is not in any way shape or from lawful or right. you might as well set up a firing squad while you are at it.

What assumptions did I make about the detention center or immigration officers? Seems like you are though.

The same can be said, in fact I said it, of individuals who tout themselves to be defenders of the constitution but celebrate unconstitutional victories, and distribute flyers that not only contradict the law but essentially tells illegals to disobey law enforcement. There is something seriously wrong that.

Pouryourwine, good post, so many of the other posters are so obviously paid by unsavoury plp operatives to spout thoughtless cliché, after cliché as an alternate to reasoned arguments.

Bethel is right in some sense of what he's saying - giving a pamphlet with non bahamian pictures and a Shiteton of big words that none of them can understand is sensationalizing this thing even more..... And why if he's so "uphold the law" can't he accept that they are illegal aliens? We have enough problems without trying to fix another countries problem...

Don't think this man likes The Bahamas. Wonder if the learned QC is familiar with the term "treason"?

I gave this some taught, if Fred defends every so call illegal, he stands to make a ton of money if those Immigration officers doesn't get those persons to court in a timely manner, it will be civil side of the cases he will focus on, and he stands to win them all based on the constitution, if those persons are charge and not sent to court within a 48 hours period. That is hard considering the officers have to make up court files just as the police do. I'm wondering what other lawyers is also looking at this in this sense. I hope no one else get on board, it may be a money making affair for them all as they will file law suits against the government..

well for starters we could modernize the system so that every statement and file doesn't have to be hand written. it would be a very good start given the quality of education and simple spelling ability of the average bahamian. ever given a statement to the police in this country? seriously, 2 paragraphs takes 2 hours.

and copied by hand. and lost 3 times. And ever noticed that the police stations are using commodore 64 computers from the 90's that they stopped making parts for 20 years ago.

What did "We march" come out of??. There were Those
fronting it, but it came out of some
deep darkness. it goes very deep. it was a wicked plot.

It was wrong to use stock phots, Perhaps the FNM Government never heard "When you
lay down with dogs you will get up with fleas. and do not hold snakes to close. They will
bite. Do not sell your soul to the devil. When one wants to win at any cost, they stop to low

Smith is right insofar as the Immigration Department is obviously staffed by morons incapable of setting up a legal and efficient system for deporting the thousands of illegals here.

If they did that he could not complain or profit. I wonder if he is paying them to be this inept?

and again the elected politicians have sleeked to restrict the very people they have been elected to serve. Mitch Hanna was a good example when he tried to include in the constitution a clause that would only allow citizens of the Bahamas to move from one island within the Commonwealth to another with government permission, thankfully the British Foreign Office would not countenance such an abrogation pf power to elected officials. The so-called spy bill has so much opportunity for evil people in positions of power in our government to use the information that will be then entitled to collect for nefarious ends. Fred Smith has consistently warned us of the danger inherent in this bill. I hope we listen.
With regards to the comments of the AG, I may be wrong, but he seems to have an issue with the way in which the courts have acted regarding immigrants, seems a little strange to me since he is a very important part of the system he may be criticising.

We will have to wait and see what the Court of Appeal has to say. But, at the moment the law is what the Supreme Court says it is.

When the outspoken QC takes the FNM Government to the international agencies including
Mr: Robert Kennedy will he also present his publication with the stock photos??. He is also
wrong to paint all Immigration Officers with the same brush. They are not all bad

Mr: Smith has expressed his desire to have a Haitian Political party in the Bahamas.
The more Haitians that are allowed in the Bahamas will make his dream come true.

All should pay attention . inch by inch. day by day. that is how changes come. While folks
are asleep.

Birdie, you may be right in saying that "all Immigration Officers" are not bad.

But the truth is, and history has proven that the "peaceful majority are irrelevant" .

In this case a few decent immigration officers , they are irrelevant. The bully scum immigration officers will do their crimes, and the few decent ones will turn a blind eye. Notice, not one "good " immigration officer has stood up to and called out the wrongs!

All major crimes of history have been committed by relatively small segments of societies, here it's not different, except that the larger majority tends to support the actions.

The Bahamas, the county we have spent our lives in, has for the most part a large majority of problem people, with few good people, and even fewer good people who actually stand up for what's right.

Mr. Smith is standing up, notice how unpopular this makes him. The general populous calling for him to be sent away.

Notice, this is exactly how our society is on every major issue.

Bahamians are fools, uneducated, big mouth, nasty , lazy , stupid fools for the most part.

We need as many good ones to stand up as possible, and for the rest, well if they can't stand along side, then they should go back into their caves and bury their heads.

When you add no value, you are a waste of food.

And to support your argument, a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter."
I appreciate your perspective.

Indeed .......... Fred Smith QC (Quite Contrary) creates unnecessary friction by his outlandish claims against the State ......... He is given too much of a bully pulpit in our courts.

He has no bully pulpit. . .Bahamians are just too ignorant of their rights, reservations, objections and derogations in those 25 UN Accords. . .I have done some reseach for goernment on that matter. . .the PLP governments followed the findings but the FNM governments seem never had any real "guts" to use its rights. . .those rights are only reasons those other international HR bodies are not "coming down" on us over the "Haitian" issue. . .we are following all rights that they gave us in the accords. The FNM government is the only governments who seem to "play soft" with this issue. . .that's what Smith is "being nasty about". . .the FNM een want to "man-up" and do what they have to do! Smith trying to "bully" the FNM then into doing something "soft" so that HIS PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. . .THOSE WHO ARE LEGAL DON'T NEED HIS HELP. . .THE LAW PROTECT THEM!

Throughout history, the arguments for killing the messenger, for crucifying the "troublemakers" remain the same,
Meanwhile, the masses willingly remain firmly entrenched, arms locked, in a downward social spiral.