These so called activists are so lost. Anything that does not support illegal immigration and the poor helpless Haitians rhetoric is taken as fighting words. They are offended by the truth. Instead of calling dirty clean, they should actively try to relocate people from these squalid shanty towns for their own health, everyone else's, and to properly assimilate them into the wider community. One reason it is so hard to believe they simply want a better life is due to the fact that they recreate the very same conditions from Haiti in these shanty towns, and many stay there even after they are legalized and working legitimate jobs.

December 31st should have been the deadline to knock down every one of those illegal Haitian towns. We know nothing else is happening on that date. Once they have to pay the real cost of living, many would probably leave voluntarily.

Then try giving a coherent statement (with paragraphs) that offers real solutions to the situation at hand. I maintain that your soap box ramblings are still a whole lot of nothing addressed to the wrong audience.

It is very disgusting that the Minister of Immigration finds it disappointing that the law was upheld. Either way, if he did not apply for citizenship at eighteen or was unable to prove that he was born in the Bahamas the correct course of action would be deportation. Does he not believe in upholding the law?

You said a whole lot of nothing. Everyone is well aware of Haiti's history and that it could all end (in Haiti and elsewhere) if the powers that be had the will to do so. That includes their fellow citizens of means and the people that THEY elect into office. Can you please spell out how the Bahamas can end Haiti's suffering? I'm interested. Sorry if everyone's christian, moral and intellectual standards are not up to your standards. Many can hardly see the past the day or remain optimistic about their own futures. Perhaps you need to do more for Haiti yourself, because berating a population that is also suffering and unable to even help themselves is not it. Have you tried the UN with this message?

I believe the images of the outspoken QC leaning into the immigration officers as if being dragged will serve his smear tactics perfectly. The immigration dog bites little girl story did not pan out as attempt, but this will do I guess.

@Porcupine You raise a valid concern about national self esteem. I mean where are the cries for justice and the outlandish attention tactics when average Bahamians complain of the same issues? These issues have become the norm because people only want to advocate for justice when foreigners are in some way involved. The outspoken QC is a part of the problem. If justice and human rights were a priority, the occasional foreigner would not get trapped in the ineptness of it all.

I am shocked by that COB survey. The articles does state that it is a previously reported survey, not a recently reported survey, so maybe it goes back a couple of decades.

I am not surprised to see another can't do member of the current administration when it comes to tackling illegal immigration. There would be a significant reduction in illegal immigration simply by enforcing the current immigration laws and amending the constitution so that it does not reward illegality.

I don't think they will come to The Bahamas. The US is vast and they will most likely move on to another state to live like obedient illegal immigrants. Only in The Bahamas can an illegal immigrant boldly show their face, and provide their name and location with no repercussions.

Apparently you have money to lose and you view our sovereignty as some kind of game. With the complete cluster that illegal immigrants and their enablers have created there is no clear distinction on how to proceed with these matters. Recently, in the case of the Kenyan who overstayed his visa, the judge said that the matter of deportation was up to the department of immigration. Meanwhile, in the case of the work permit Haitian who harbored illegal immigrants, he was sentenced to inca4ceration or subject to pay a fine followed by deportation. So clearly immigration matters, usually a summary offense, are now spilling into the regular judiciary and judges are not clear on their powers.

Secondly, it seems that people always deflect from immigration matters by bringing up other issues as more pressing. Hence, time and again, immigration matters are left generally unattended until the administration of the day deems there is no choice but to abandon protocols and approve all and sundry for whatever status they want.