I say yes. At the end of the day, we are all in search of the truth before we make judgements. There are corrupt officers on the force and corrupt individuals who will tarnish officers simply to support criminals and criminality.

He is wrong. Currently, the constitution makes a distinction between the handling of criminal activity and illegal immigration. Because of the onslaught of illegal migrants and the criminals who cloak them, the department of immigration is sometimes not equipped to handle the number of immigrants who need to be processed and incarcerated pending deportation. Hence, I agree that the two need to be merged at this point so that individuals are not left to languish in detention centers with no pending court dates to assess or re-asses their situation. I am hoping for an independent immigration court, and that in the interim, we continue to house the illegal immigrants in the so called "Carmichael Concentration Camp" and not Fox Hill prison.

The laws as is have too many loopholes and the onslaught of illegal immigrants have created a cluster that the constitution did not envision. The constitution should never support any type of illegal activity, and yet it does because the offspring of god knows how many illegal immigrants have benefited from the citizenship loophole which was likely framed on behalf of legal migrants. The constitution addresses criminals and illegal immigration as distinctly separate areas, and yet, due to the onslaught of illegals over the years we are now seeing a convergence of these two areas. Apparently, adjusting public policy is not enough. The constitution needs to be amended to address issues of the modern era. We need a bipartisan body to sort through the muck and make fair recommendations, and not the recommendations of someone who feels justified in his bias.

Comparing the terms that both Symonnette and Mitchell had as Immigration Ministers, I would say in both instances, Mitchell was a much better Immigration Minister than Brent Symonette. Even if it was for show, he was aware that he represented Bahamians and the Bahamas, not illegal immigrants and their rich enablers.

This is good news. I empathize with officers who are expected to treat the most unruly people with kid gloves. Sounds like this is worthwhile investment for all law enforcement agencies in The Bahamas. Immigration should be next.

Of course he won't speak to amending the constitution to solve illegal immigration, when what he really wants is for the constitution to be amended to facilitate illegal immigrants. Unfortunately, he and the current FNM administration seem to be of one accord.

Bahamians are indebted to a man who talks down to Bahamians in general, uses stereotypes, offensive language, and the worst comparisons to make his point? It is such a shame that people like himself, who are in a good positon to build bridges chose to foster animosity. He is a one-sided wacko and the only people that owe him are the illegal immigrants and the upper class Bahamians and foreigners who benefit from the slave like labor that he continues to enable with his defense of illegal immigrants and shanty towns.

Their constituents will be just fine if they carry out their mandate which includes providing jobs and lowering the cost of living.

Initially I was happy to hear about the amendments that would afford automatic citizenship to the foreign born children of Bahamians. I felt it was long overdue. However, in the hands of this FNM administration I can see just how dangerous this would be. It won't be long before the criteria of natural born Bahamian is removed in order to accommodate the thousands of illegal immigrants on whose behalf they constantly advocate.

It is hard to applause such comparatively small successes when they avoid going after or even discussing the root of the problem. Yes, they flap their gums about not hiring illegal immigrants, but broke Bahamians hiring a Haitian every other month is not what brings them in or sustains them.