IT IS EASIER THAN IT LOOKS......SIMPLE.....HAVE THE AUTHORITIES ....EVER TRIED INTERROGATING...THESE FOREIGN INVADERS WHO HAVE .....ILLEGALLY ...AND INTENTIONALLY ....CONSPIRED.....TO .AVOID ...LAWFUL ..FORCES OF THIS SOVEREIGN BAHAMALAND...AND INSERT FOREIGN AGENTS...TO DESTABILIZE...THIS SOVEREIGN NATION...INSTEAD OF BUYING MORE EQUIPMENT...AND PAYING FOR A JET PLANE RIDE BACK TO RETURN ...AGAIN....AND...AGAIN..?????????....guaranteed that any tru tru patriotic Bahamian civilian group can persuade the captured invaders to reveal who is the captain ofbthe illegal vessel...guarrantee to find out who are their ringleaders....and any other information to neutralize and deter further threats of illegal invasion...Many out of work Bahamian civilians ..tired taxpayers...willing to sign up...

If the People of the Dominican Republic across the border figured it out, why the Bahamian people (RBDF) 139 nautical miles away by open ocean cannot figure it out.

This man for real?..........Someone please tell him take his head out of his .....you know what. I'm ashamed to hear Mr Chriswell talk like a fool. PM Minnis needs to kick his ass all the way to Haiti. He really thinks Bahamians are stupid.

The Bahamas has become the destination of choice for Haitians immigrants after Donald Trump’s no tolerance policy on illegal immigrants. Especially immigrants from countries , like Haiti, which he described as ‘sh!thole countries.’ So rather than steering towards the Ragged Islands then staying on the ocean North of the Bahamas, illegal Haitians have pointed their compass on South New Providence and since their vessels have no engines, the high shoals (reefs) pose little threat to them. Obviously they have planned their landings to be at night to make it easier to be undetected and to make their escape easier if they are detected. If the Defense Force was to try intercept these vessels at night the result would most likely be a human tragedy with loss of life. And the force would be at a disadvantage having motor vessels. So they must either detect and intercept these sloops before they get in the shallows or be prepared to surround and capture the immigrants as they come to shore. So yes, early detection is the key and drones may be helpful. But the Defense Force can also request the assistance of air and sea craft in the area to report any sightings of the sloop type vessels in the areas down the Exuma Chain or around the Southern coast of Eleuthera. Also since these sloops are most likely stolen in Haiti, the Defense Force May consider putting ears on the ground in that country to alert when a vessel may be on its way.

For starters, get the dam RBDF boats out of harbors and staff off their lazy ass's and set them out on patrols. What good are they moored?

Secondly, strategically positioning RBDF vessels under anchor enabling them to "see" any boat coming in can't be that difficult!

Things are always harder for a person (or group) who are incompetent or lack the discipline or will to do something and than a skilled, organized, motivated person or group!!

So neither of you are aware that The Bahamas has more water than land mass. The Defense Force doesn’t even have enough craft to station one in every island, or the manpower. So yes strategy is necessary or more penalties for violators. Many look at Haitians as poor and undereducated people risking their lives on the open seas. But consothis. All of the last landings have been virtually in the bowels of the Defense Force Base. And less than 25 percent of the suspected cargo has been recovered in each instance. Where are the rest of the illegals who landed. So part of the strategy may need to focus on land exercises that make it impossible for illegals escape once they land and/or severe penalties for persons who assist them

Donald Trump still plans to build his wall on the boarder between the US and Mexico to stop the flow of illegal migrants. There were 30,000 (yes Thirty Thousand) murders in the capital of Mexico alone last year mostly due to gang wars and fro cartels battling. A hit to kill someone can be made for as little as US $50. And selling drugs on a street corner can get one killed instantly even if they have the protection of the ruthless and deadly cartels. But what Trump fears the most is members of the deadly MS-13 gang crossing the border and sneaking back into the US from as far away as South America. This MS-13 gang was formed in US prisons and as members were deported back to their home county the gang grew and became more deadly. They don’t just kill members of rival gangs, but anyone can become their target.

When they(RBDF) had few boats ...... illegals came. When they had no planes ..... illegals came. When they had 500 men ..... illegals came.

Now, they have many boats ........ illegals come. Now they have planes ....... illegals come. Now they have 1300 men ......... illegals come.

Soooooo, when we get drones?????? ....... Will illegals still come???????

As long as there are opportunities of jobs by the populations wealthy 10 - 20% Bahamian employers and freeness offered by the government legislators. pandering to their needs...for who knows why??....its honey to bees.

Over the decades the illegal Human trafficking trade has been like a well oiled military operation....use of boats non detectable...timing to make the 3 -4 day sailing ship by navigating by stars.....timing to bypass populated settlements...Bahamian shipping mail boat routes..limited excess weight like adequate water..and timing to arrive at certain hours at night....moonless nights used to advantage .....they are good....The Authorities need to think outside the box...inovate...interrogate...encourage...offer Rewards for information....balloons .....watch towers.....station observation units along trafficking routes...........the major theatre of Defence Force activity is south ....where the illegal boats are sailing from......so move half the base south.........shouldnt somebody by now point that out to the Defence Force..........conscript unemployed Longislanders to malitia service to observe suspicious activity and perhaps to apprehend them......sorry take that last Suggestion back ......would not happen..........it would ........create unemployment for the defence force,.... immihration,.... police apprehenders, .....too much hardship for businesses to find really low wage illegal employees, ......school teachers will have half size classrooms,... some schoolsvempty and some may actually be laid off, ...less money for education,.... health services budget, .......Bahamasair will have money profits for less trips repatriating illegals........no more foreign trips by politicians to Haiti to discuss the situation......goodness grief..apologies for that last bad suggestion..!!!..

It is if you have the proper amount of boats on patrol in the areas that you know they are coming though - what they should be doing is what our brothers to the South in the Turks and Caicos do and don't let the boats touch shore ..... drag them back out to international water and push em back to haiti....

It's not hard either...there's a reason they're not flocking to Jamaica, Cuba or even Long Island. They need to impose extreme fines on illegal entrants and their enablers and not give officials leeway for "stern warnings" in lieu of.. . Secondly, leaders need to lead logically and not like emotional basket cases because of their personal lineage or to be "humanatarians". The Bahamas is a country, not a charity. Do not tell them if they're born here they're automatically entitled to Bahamian citizenship it's not true. It only encourages them to take the risk. And do not build low cost housing for their now adult offspring. Some already believe by just making it here, they're entitled to free land...this validates that. Ie Stop making illegals feel entitled.