Clearly dummy, you are the one with your head up your a ss ! That explains your dumb a ss overly emotional hysterics. They had no trial? So get them a trial date as they wait in prison. Absolutely do not release known criminals into society with a clean slate! Trial or not, these criminals were imprisoned where they belonged until another country was willing to accept them. Currently, there are no laws with regard to this situation...and so it is an option to imprison them for three years. Seems like Fred Mitchell attempted the best legal route by presenting this situation to the immigration board, who denied their release. The only real tragedy in this matter is the number of dumb as Bahamians who think detaining the Cubans is the real issue here. The fact that no laws exist to handle situations with rejected illegal aliens who are also criminals is another tragedy.
A criminal background check is a part of the legal immigration process. People with criminal records in their homeland are denied work permits and legal residence status in Bahamas...as in most countries. Because they did not commit a crime in Bahamas, does not mean they are not criminals and therefore, should be welcomed with open arms.
And the criminals of Cuban descent deserve a second chance?...In Bahamas? Fred Mitchell is not the monster you dependent thinkers make him out to be. He is challenged with outdated laws that do not reflect the current norms in the wider world. Both the FNM and PLP (Fred Mitchell included) are responsible for this Cuban debacle. After 9/11, considering the close proximity, laws should have been in place to facilitate persons like these criminals that nobody is willing to accept. Why these laws do not exist should be the foremost concern.
It's self explanatory. They are criminals unwanted by their native homeland, their legal homeland or the UNHCR. Unleashing them into the general population with a clean slate or not,,.is the national security risk.
Yeah, right. You would be the first to cry foul on the inhumanity of sending them somewhere other than their legal homeland without due process, the agreement of the other country, etc. The fact is, legally the Bahamas had no where to send them. And until such time, I don't believe that these known criminals should have been anywhere other than Fox Hill prison...that's where criminals are kept.
Accepting criminals into the general population is a national security risk. Their legal homeland, native homeland and the UNHCR would not accept them because of their criminal behavior. What further explanation is needed? Should we also allow Fox Hill inmates into the general population with a free slate? Some of you really cannot be serious with your faux outrage over the so called mishandling of this Cuban situation.
What are some of you not getting? The Department of Immigration request was "political asylum or otherwise" to the immigration board. That in itself does not imply that the DOI or Fred Mitchell himself were proponents for their release. To truly arrive at that conclusion, a reasonable, unbiased person would need more background. He said, she said...and now I say (this article) makes no sense and should not be making headlines. The only real source of unbiased reporting it seems is Bahamas Weekly.
When you accept leading headlines without question and biased articles from the lawyer involved without reasonable skepticism, just admit the problem isn't the disregard for the law or dictator behaviour...it's what you want to hear.
Btw, there are laws in the U.S. to hold persons, believed to be a risk to national security, indefinitely. This is what Bahamian politicians should be fighting for in light of this travesty, not arguing for political brownie points. However, in the absence of such law I'm assuming this is what the immigration board intended to do...and it is the right thing. Known criminals should never be granted asylum in the Bahamas. What progressive country would even allow that?
How any Bahamian is comfortable with accepting criminals into the general population of the country when everyone has denied them for that very reason, is absurd. They are criminals who should be deported, or remanded to Fox Hill for as long as it takes to get them deported. No country in the world allows illegal alien criminals the opportunity to start anew and assimilate with their law abiding citizens. Even the U.S. holds such persons indefinitely. The only debate that should be taking place now is how this was allowed to happen and what will be done to fix it...not what the minister said months prior and now. It's irrelevant.
My2cents says...
Clearly dummy, you are the one with your head up your a ss ! That explains your dumb a ss overly emotional hysterics. They had no trial? So get them a trial date as they wait in prison. Absolutely do not release known criminals into society with a clean slate! Trial or not, these criminals were imprisoned where they belonged until another country was willing to accept them. Currently, there are no laws with regard to this situation...and so it is an option to imprison them for three years. Seems like Fred Mitchell attempted the best legal route by presenting this situation to the immigration board, who denied their release. The only real tragedy in this matter is the number of dumb as Bahamians who think detaining the Cubans is the real issue here. The fact that no laws exist to handle situations with rejected illegal aliens who are also criminals is another tragedy.
On Mitchell blasts critics yet won’t explain Cubans’ security risk
Posted 26 February 2016, 6:18 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
A criminal background check is a part of the legal immigration process. People with criminal records in their homeland are denied work permits and legal residence status in Bahamas...as in most countries. Because they did not commit a crime in Bahamas, does not mean they are not criminals and therefore, should be welcomed with open arms.
On Mitchell blasts critics yet won’t explain Cubans’ security risk
Posted 26 February 2016, 10:34 a.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
And the criminals of Cuban descent deserve a second chance?...In Bahamas? Fred Mitchell is not the monster you dependent thinkers make him out to be. He is challenged with outdated laws that do not reflect the current norms in the wider world. Both the FNM and PLP (Fred Mitchell included) are responsible for this Cuban debacle. After 9/11, considering the close proximity, laws should have been in place to facilitate persons like these criminals that nobody is willing to accept. Why these laws do not exist should be the foremost concern.
On Mitchell blasts critics yet won’t explain Cubans’ security risk
Posted 25 February 2016, 9:02 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
It's self explanatory. They are criminals unwanted by their native homeland, their legal homeland or the UNHCR. Unleashing them into the general population with a clean slate or not,,.is the national security risk.
On Fred Mitchell has still to answer the ‘security risk’ question
Posted 25 February 2016, 5:35 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
I doubt that any civilized country would accept these criminals. They were stuck in Bahamas...and kept where criminals in the Bahamas are kept!
On PM: Govt caught between a rock and a hard place over Cubans
Posted 25 February 2016, 5:32 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
Yeah, right. You would be the first to cry foul on the inhumanity of sending them somewhere other than their legal homeland without due process, the agreement of the other country, etc. The fact is, legally the Bahamas had no where to send them. And until such time, I don't believe that these known criminals should have been anywhere other than Fox Hill prison...that's where criminals are kept.
On PM: Govt caught between a rock and a hard place over Cubans
Posted 25 February 2016, 5:29 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
So adding even more criminals into society is ok?
On Mitchell blasts critics yet won’t explain Cubans’ security risk
Posted 25 February 2016, 4:51 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
Accepting criminals into the general population is a national security risk. Their legal homeland, native homeland and the UNHCR would not accept them because of their criminal behavior. What further explanation is needed? Should we also allow Fox Hill inmates into the general population with a free slate? Some of you really cannot be serious with your faux outrage over the so called mishandling of this Cuban situation.
On Mitchell blasts critics yet won’t explain Cubans’ security risk
Posted 25 February 2016, 4:50 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
What are some of you not getting? The Department of Immigration request was "political asylum or otherwise" to the immigration board. That in itself does not imply that the DOI or Fred Mitchell himself were proponents for their release. To truly arrive at that conclusion, a reasonable, unbiased person would need more background. He said, she said...and now I say (this article) makes no sense and should not be making headlines. The only real source of unbiased reporting it seems is Bahamas Weekly.
When you accept leading headlines without question and biased articles from the lawyer involved without reasonable skepticism, just admit the problem isn't the disregard for the law or dictator behaviour...it's what you want to hear.
Btw, there are laws in the U.S. to hold persons, believed to be a risk to national security, indefinitely. This is what Bahamian politicians should be fighting for in light of this travesty, not arguing for political brownie points. However, in the absence of such law I'm assuming this is what the immigration board intended to do...and it is the right thing. Known criminals should never be granted asylum in the Bahamas. What progressive country would even allow that?
On Symonette: Mitchell handled Cubans situation 'poorly'
Posted 24 February 2016, 9:28 p.m. Suggest removal
My2cents says...
How any Bahamian is comfortable with accepting criminals into the general population of the country when everyone has denied them for that very reason, is absurd. They are criminals who should be deported, or remanded to Fox Hill for as long as it takes to get them deported. No country in the world allows illegal alien criminals the opportunity to start anew and assimilate with their law abiding citizens. Even the U.S. holds such persons indefinitely. The only debate that should be taking place now is how this was allowed to happen and what will be done to fix it...not what the minister said months prior and now. It's irrelevant.
On Mitchell urged release of Cubans he now calls a risk to security
Posted 23 February 2016, 1:07 p.m. Suggest removal