I applaud the crisis centre for being proactive on this sentencing issue. What are the sentencing guidelines for this crime? How could it be possibly less than 5-10 years for such a serious crime?

The oppressed become oppressors. We love foreigners once they are not black, and poor.

I also do not support this unjust immigration policy that targets children. It is clearly intended to instill fear and prohibitive expense in those who can least afford it with the desired consequence that they leave the educational system. This is plainly wrong. I am all for dealing effectively with illegal immigration, but target adults, and leave the defenseless and most vulnerable children alone.

What I would like to know is who is paying for these repairs?, surely not the Bahamian people as the contractor must have had insurance to win the contract in the first place. Can the tribune please clarify who is paying for reconstruction costs.

So because someone else is immoral, means that we should act immorally. God help us with this thinking. The real problem is a lack of personal integrity in this country.

No such luck birdie, I intend to fight for this country that I love and speak out for the best that we can and should be. As for your love of the Bahamas I have followed your comments, you do not seem to love this country as much as you love the PLP, as a diehard apologist (there are many in the FNM) who sees no fault in their govt ever, your comments are more accurately characterized as treasonous to the high ideals this beloved country was founded on rather than love.

This new immigration requirement (tax) is immoral. It will disenfranchise the poorest of the poor and lead to a host of social ills. It makes me embarassed to be a Bahamian and I pray it is revoked as soon as possible. We are better than this as a people.

Well said, and I agree with your comment completely. Just to add, a govt study was done prior to the implementation of vat, and found that for civil servants after salary deductions their take home pay was only 30% of their original salary. Truly frightening and sad.

The ignorance of some of these bloggers never ceases to amaze me, and you are at the top of the list. You incorrectly assume that because I advocate a basic human right of freedom to be be educated that I am of Haitian decent. Nothing could be farther from the truth, my ancestors on my paternal and maternal side all descend from Long Island. Which is one of the few Bahamian islands with no Haitian presence whatsoever. In fact I am a so called "conchy joe" who is a 5 th generation descendant of the loyalist who founded Clarencetown. So your previous comment is an absolute lie. I doubt an apology would be forthcoming from you, it will be easier to wallow in your ignorance, try not to drown because your pool of it is very deep. There are many decent people in this country who would like this illegal immigrant situation finally dealt with, I am one, but it must uphold basic human rights and stop targeting defenseless children.

No one is defending illegal immigration, we are just saying there is a smarter more humane way of dealing with this problem. If we are honest it is us as Bahamians who hire illegals, well not me because I never have in my life but can you and most Bahamians say the same? We created this problem. An effective, just solution is to require all companies as a part of their business license renewal to provide a list of all employees with accompanying documentation as to their immigration status. Then have huge fines for these companies, which escalate with each subsequent offense to enforce the law. Multiple violations and the firm loses their business license. it could work if we would just enforce the law and it would be moral and humane and not target innocent children.