A well thought out immigration plan does not provide status all illegal immigrants. Neither would it succumb to the emotional blackmail of possible widespread coronavirus infections from within this community. That is no plan at all, because like the existing solution, no one thinks of the future of the Bahamas just how to placate the Haitian community and keep Bahamians quiet.

The government will inevitably have to set up makeshift hospitals, like all affected countries have done. One of these hospitals could be exclusively for them, and overseen by the "leaders" in that community to ensure that they dont have to answer for their illegal actions, until a future point in time

If you think I was comparing the two countries you might fit in with our "F grade" culture very well. I guess this what happens when there are to may D level Jamaican teachers in the classroom. I would not offend my country, flaws and all by comparing it to a cesspool. I was simply telling you to mind your business and fix what's wrong with Jamaica first...including the high illiteracy rate. We import while you rely on barrels of foreign goods. Why split hairs? The Bahamas grows enough produce for food not to be a concern, and our seas are the most plentiful in the Carribean. We will be fine.

Charity begins at home @jamaicaproud. Have you checked on your quarantined countrymen, abandoned by your government, to ensure they have basic necessities? It's no wonder one of those individuals escaped back into the community. Have you made a public service announcement
to Jamaicans that it's not okay brutally attack a man for sneezing in public? Once again you're overlooking the atrocities at home, to spew fake concern for Haitians in Bahamas.

What nonsense! This is just another example of how entitled Haitians feel about Bahamas and whatever it can provide for their benefit. He wanted his daughter to have something she was not entitled to, so he decided to take it. His motive is the same as any other criminal therefore, his punishment should be the same.

While these domes may divert hurricane force winds due to its round shape, it will not withstand flooding. And they also look ridiculous. If the government was that comfortable spending so much money it should have been on permanent solutions such as prefab metal structures, or other prefab buildings that can be built on pilings.

So we should completely ignore the side effects of shanty towns, the tremendous burden Haitians place on public resources, and that they provide the means for more Haitians to enter the country illegally? Meanwhile, they still manage to send tens of millions out the country annually. If the Bahamas cannot rebuild without Haitian labor, where the negatives outweigh any gains of the few, then its already failed.

If the Fyre Festival has taught me anything, it's that Bahamians are willing to perform the "Haitian" jobs. But the powers that be keep repeating that lie that they wont. If additional, and cheaper labor is needed it does not have to come from Haiti, stop repeating this other lie. There are Caricom nations where cheaper labor can be supplied from, and they will have to come through the front door and be counted. As opposed to the cluster created by invisible births of people sneaking in the back door, who suddenly spring into society citizen application in hand.

And lets be honest, The Bahamas has never participated in "mass deportations" of Haitians, ever! They consistently deport 100-200, per month. The most theyve ever repatriated was allegedly almost 4000 in a year. Compare that to the number of permit and citizenship applications that are blindly signed off on because the minister is "overwhelmed" and the thousands more kept in limbo...they're not even keeping pace.

But you want to kick out the cruise ships, and keep the Haitians? Was it the Haitian embassy that went above and beyond to evacuate people and bring in emergency aid or was it the cruise ship industry? I'd rather our tourism minister act progressively with them to create overnight itineraries for the millions of people they bring who actually help Bahamas to thrive. But dont worrry, the more we begin to resemble the failed state of Haiti, the cruise ships and tourism as a whole will find its own way out.

@concerned799 Deporting Haitians could make Bahamas worse, like Haiti for instance? I say risk it. Decades of Haitian immigration has certainly not made it any better. Only the insane repeat the same action and expect different rresults.

If there is truly a need for labor beyond the 15% of unemployed Bahamians, regularising illegal Haitians in Bahamas should not be an option. They are not owed anything for successfully breaking the law and should be deported.

And if "contract" type labor arrangements are needed as they suggest, it should be open to all Caricom member countries. And these individuals should be tracked from landfall to departure. And in the interim not be a burden to public resources as they send the bulk of their income to their home countries. This means the employers should be responsible for housing, medical care and education for dependents. To do anything else would be placing the burden of supporting these immigrants on poor Bahamians.

I fully accept that everyone has the right to live freely and enjoy the same civilties and benefits of society as anyone else (as long as they're not hurting anyone). I cannot accept that a child has the ability to overturn what nature has decided based on artificial concepts of what girlhood or woman hood is supposed to be. And definitely not what it appears to be from the eyes (or minds) of men.

I'm not trying to minimize or invalidate Alexus' feelings. However, if sharing the same desires that is primarily attributed to another gender, means that is who you are...then the majority of us have been living a lie. Dr Rose was not ahead of his time because life is a cycle. And like many other aspects of life we realize nature had it right all along.

All over social media there's mostly a chorus of mentally abused adults chiming in and bragging about the beatings they received as children but still "turned out fine". Or anecdotes of how that one "cut @ss" or series of them from their loving parents changed their life for the better.

Parents like this dont realize they were abused, or that they are repeating the cycle. They will probably never accept this label, or change their approach. The only recourse is to ensure that there are laws in place, and enforced, to protect minors in order to break this vicious cycle. I fully support prosecuting this woman, and I hope they tap on some additional charges for exposing her child in this way.