It is great that you put such effort into reasearching this topic. We all know how difficult a task this is in The Bahamas, and your column demonstrated this point well. When tasked with informing and educating the public, Freedom of Information is important and well overdue, but so is being flexible and resourceful, as no single document can possibly contain answers to the many questions that a single issue can raise. Keep it up!

I am left with quite the foreboding feeling that government consultants may be comprised of a few actual employees and one of "ya boys", who may or may not, qualify for said position. For example, I thought Sanigest was a true independent consultant, but then the Bahamian wife of someone goes off on a tangent ???

Check your facts again. I did. None of those countries/ regions you listed provide birth citizenship. Of the developed countries, only the US and Canada do.

Right, thanks for the clarification. Because a person almost got away with a crime does not mean that they should. I certainly would not support a statute of limitations on illegal immigration.

The constitution states that people who are criminally accused should be charged within 48 hours and tried within two years I believe? Where did I advocate otherwise? Now that this ruling ensures full criminal status to people trying to better their lot in life, other aspects of the constitution should be strictly enforced to pay for it.

There is hope though, because according to CAS0072 - "immigration laws in The Bahamas are not nearly as harsh as others" ....

According to facts, not me. There are only a few countries that allow automatic citizenship, and among first world countries, only the USA and Canada. The Bahamas has and continues to try to find options for this, but if the parents sacrifice their children's "entitlement" to apply for citizenship to protect their own status that is on them.

The comment referred to a hypothetical "fella" being grabbed and deported as if he had just landed. Calm down and read. And while you are it, do your own research. I can say for certain that I have looked at immigration laws for other countries, and let me say once again, Australia is quite remarkable.

The man spent a year in the detention center, not nine. The charges for which he was remanded to HMP were for sex offenses that had nothing to do with immigration. All unfortunate, and I don't disagree that the justice system needs to do much better for the sake of due process for the accused and the accusers. Taking all illegal immigrants before a judge within 48 hours sounds impractical. But a crime is a crime.

If the fella has been here for years, and never saw fit to legally document his presence, sure bring him before the courts, charge him, and let him wait it out in HMP like all other accused and charged foreignors. I too have no problem with that. Sounds like a serious deterrent if done right.

Your emotions are not substitutes for facts. You sound way more like PGC than me, right down to the use of played out vernacular during what should be a serious discussion.