URCA must be just reach on the boat aye?

The U.S. is 1000% correct to have concerns over the government’s efforts to initiate prosecution, identify victims, and provide investigative data.

After 50 years of extraordinary human smuggling resulting in literally hundreds of thousands of illegals entering the Bahamas, the Bahamas government has not ever produced a single shred of investigative data identifying the nuts and bolts of illegal humane smuggling!

Every Haitian Bahamian knows everything there is to know about human smuggling from Haiti. In fact, Cubans, Chinese, and others trying to get to the U.S. illegally can ask any Haitian Bahamian how to go about contacting the right people.

How is it remotely conceivable that the government is incapable of identifying not even one of the small-time players in a multi-billion dollar, 50-year-long human smuggling operation?

Where are the investigations, arrests, and prosecutions, for human smugglers?

The only single conclusion one can arrive at is the government has to also be a major player themselves in this racket!

With corruption rocking Haiti from its foundation forever, and the high number of Haitians in our Parliament starting with Stephen Dillet, one would have to be blind, stupid, and dumb, not to connect the dots and understand that the enemy within has protection from the highest level and is in total control of human smuggling from Haiti.

I wonder if the real issue is that they forgot to factor in the amount of power needed for the new port.

Same pirate actors doing what they have always done!

The PLP and FNM have made Civil war inevitable in the Bahamas. It is not a matter of "if" it will happen, the only question is "when" it will happen!

Now the pot is pointing fingers and calling the kettle black again! 50% from one shyt-show to half of another shyt-show!

We desperately need **"REAL"** change.

Pure and simple prejudice!

Don't be a jackass, what profession is so difficult? It would be obvious within weeks if a person is untrainable or unsuitable. In either case, that individual should be immediately replaced, and the foreigner should still be accountable to train a replacement within the allotted time.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. We have heard this same bullshyt song and dance from every PM for 40 years and have gotten absolutely no results from any of them.

This whole subject has become so diluted that It is way beyond ludicrous for the government to even mention, much less, consider renewing a work permit after 10 or 15 years!

What damn job could possibly take 10 to 15 years for a Bahamian to qualify for? If the government were in any way near serious, there would be an 18 Month to 2-year maximum on any work permit.

If the foreigner is unable to train a Bahamian in a maximum of 2 years, it can only mean the individual is **"incapable of training,"** and that individual should then be automatically disqualified for any work permit renewals!

This ongoing 40-year bullshyt talk from governments about “We’re not anti-foreigners. We’re just pro-Bahamian” and renewing work permits for 10 to 15 years is an insult to our intelligence.

Businesses want to hire the most productive, but do not want to pay Bahmaians to produce!

The foreigner gets better pay, housing, school fees, and transport allowances while the Bahamian is paid a low wage.

Don't expect an underpaid Bahamian to train your well-compensated foreigners and produce.