@Voltaire-Looking at all of your statements on this page, it is becoming ambiguous as to what you are claiming to support. What do you feel ashamed of? Law enforcement officers allegedly arresting people indiscriminately, who appear to be illegal, or the alleged abuse towards illegals by these officers or the fact that Bahamians want illegal immigrants out of this country? While I cannot support the inhumane treatment of any human being, I cannot see why anyone should have any qualms with the Bahamas trying to resolve the illegal migrant crisis that has been plaguing our shores for decades. The fact that people are struggling in Haiti does not give them the right to invade other people's country and then turn around and not abide by the laws of the land. Anyone who expects Bahamians to accept that is clearly being unreasonable.

However, my biggest concern is that those people who cry out saying that the Bahamas is being unfair yadda, yadda never has anything to say about the incompetence of the Haitian government and how the fault really lies at the feet of the Haitian president. bahamians are not obligated to overseeing the welware any other country.

DEDDIE, as much as I disagree with you on certain issues, I have to agree with you on this one. Bahamians are in denial about police brutality. What makes it sad is that rogue law enforcement officers, mainly CID, have killed many black young men while in their custody and Bahamians are unaware of this barbaric practice because most have our heads buried in the sand.

I have nothing against embracing other cultures around the Caribbean. I love Kompa. But for God's sake stop trying to make your show Bahamians versus Haitians. By the way, I noticed that Mr. Georges has a very 'threatening' tone of voice whenever he speaks to guests that do not agree with his opinions. That is definitely a Haitian thing.

Anytime I tune into that talk show I usually have to change the dial after 5 minutes. Last night I tuned in just as the good host was describing how a 'lil Haitian boy' whose Haitian mother doesn't speak a bit of English, graduated from Uriah McPhee and raked in all of the awards during the graduation ceremony, while the mother of a Bahamian child shouted out "who dis little Haitian boy tink he is?" He further alluded to the fact that the son of the Bahamian mother, who made this remark, didn't receive any rewards, blah, blah, blah.

Anyway, the point the host was trying to make was that we are driving away the brightest from our society, meaning Haitian descendants. And in a sly way he was really saying that Haitian children are smarter than Bahamian children. Soooo, my point is, if he believes that Haitian children are indeed the brightest among us, why not send that smart child back to Haiti so that he can be a part of building a nation that doesn't seem to have any bright minds at the forefront. As a matter of fact, why doesn't Mr. Georges go to Haiti and try to improve a country whose culture he loves so much?

Perry??????? If we wait on him our country would end up like the slums of Haiti for sure.

duppyvat, the reason I am comparing our crime rate to that of a first world country or city like Toronto, is because I believe that is the kind of city we should aspire to be. I know that education plays a major role in this picture. But when we keep comparing ourselves to countries like Jamaica and Haiti, it only proves that we are setting our standards too low or that we measuring ourselves to the lowest standards of living. And besides, our murder rate is higher per capita than most of these countries you mentioned. And jamaicaproud will soon interject 1,2,3...

I think it is time for decent people to make their escape plan from this jungle. This island is only 21x7 miles. You mean to tell me that criminal gat us on lock down instead of the police having the criminals on lock down? The entire Bahamas has a little over 350,000 people and already there 113 murders. Toronto has over two million people and their murder stands at 36.Something definitely wrong here. Time to get the fck out of this country!

@Volitaire-I like the way you put things in to perspective. It is very difficult to be objective with everything that is going on. But you are a lonely voice in the wilderness. Bahamians are fed up. When people are fed up they don't even want to see the other side of the coin or even stop to think about being rational. Perhaps at this junction, if illegals do not wish to be treated in the manner that they claim they are being treated, then the wise thing would be for them to simply leave the country voluntarily to avoid such incidence. On the other hand, if an illegal Haitian decide to remain in this country in the midst of all that is going on, he or she cannot expect to complain. The pregnant ladies claim is a different matter of course

Then again, maybe we should follow the example of the Jamaican government;http://m.jamaicaobserver.com…

Everything criss jamaicaproud? Maybe I can clear the air a bit for you. Let me try to be as objective as I can: According to my observation, Bahamian officials do need to be a little more tactful in their handling of these types of situations. But then again immigration officers work under very stressful and unsanitary conditions. Bahamians on a whole can appear to be a bit cold to outside guests who enter our country illegally and delight in taking advantage of our niceness. Now most people who side with the slate of illegal immigrants(mostly Haitians) only see one side of the coin. This problem has plagued our country for decades. I guest it is safe to say most Bahamians are fed up with being second-class citizens in their own country. For example, I had a relative who passed away last year. It was painstaking to see her not being able to get access to proper medical care because of overcrowding at our general hospital. I am not saying that only Bahamians should be looked after. But medical care, education and every other social benefits, that every Bahamian should have access to is simply not possible because of the influx of illegal Haitians that bombard our shores frequently.

So now you can say we are inhumane if we refuse to treat the sick when they seek medical care. You can say that we are inhumane when we refuse to educate the children of illegals when they try to sign up at our schools. The fact is that we have followed all of the policies outlined by UN regarding illegal migrants. So now uninformed people are saying that we are inhumane when we try to eradicate this problem by simply removing these illegals from our country. Yes, and children belong with their parents. I believe most outsiders are being fed a bunch of crap and should do their own investigations.

Incidentally though, what do you have to say about the Haitian that are killed in your country for the very same reasons?