JohnDoes I wholeheatedly agree with you on this one. I believe the electorate will switch if McCartney can get a "proper" slate of candidates together. At this point, he is a one-man party. Didn't he just appoint Andrew Wilson as his party's Chairman? So why are all the press statements being given by him? Anyway... I digress!

So you are saying you know the mind of the persons who voted? Huge assumption. I agree, though, with the last line of your post. LOL!!!

While I do agree that we are anti-foreign in many respects, I believe that Bahamians are more anti-illegal than they are anti-foreign. In my humble view, it would have been more balanced journalism to seek to find out from the Immigration Officers' side of things what really happened instead of just reporting the story from the banker's side (although I believe Mr. Mitchell adhered to it).

If this paper would take the time to read the online blogs and tap into social media, it would see that the vast majority of Bahamians support the actions of the Immigration Department. It's unfortunate that the banker got caught in the crosshairs of a system in which we are trying to clean up an age-old and very vexing illegal immigrant problem (often covered by glaring headlines by this very newspaper) and it's equally sad that we have to resort to such tactics to get illegals out.

I was wondering when someone from the Vote No campaign would say something. To say it is an insult against everyone who voted "NO" to now go ahead and legalise gambling is an understatement, so say the least. This Government has clearly been bought by the numbers men and is hell bent on paying them back, no matter the wishes of the electorate. And even if you use the argument, as the numbers boys are now doing, that the vast majority of registered voters did not participate in the referendum so the result cannot be relied upon, the bottom line is the majority of those who voted, clearly voted "NO" with the understanding that if they did so and their NOs were in the majority, then the web shops would be closed!

... and of course there's also the possibility of forgery as iillegals have been known to forge passports, birth certificates, etc. Also, what about those who are 'born here' and do not get to apply for citizenship until aged 18? Technically those persons are in limbo and are not yet officially "citizens"? How do you really weed out the wheat from the tares?

A friend reiterated this story to me on the weekend. She recently tried to go through US Customs and Immigration and the US Officer was giving her an "attitude". She let the Bahamian in her rise up and proceeded to cuss the officer out. Needless to say, she did not travel that day even though she had a valid passport and US-issued visa!

So if I were a white illegal (and we do have those) and I wanted to get over in a road raid to catch illegals, then going forward all I would do was say, "I work for UBS, the largest bank in the world who is supplying your country with badly neded financial resources. But guess what? I don't have my papers on me so you can't arrest me". Cool way to get over, don't you think?

So Tal I guess illegals do not travel or hangout where the legals do? This thinking is irrational. They live, breathe and move among us. I would think this is why they don't get caught because they 'appear' to be normal citizens. And by the way, I do believe that out of this last road block they caught over 70 that were illegals so to inconvenience the other 40 legals is a small price to pay in my humble view. I commend the Immigration Department for doing a great job and not letting one sorry-hip expat with a nastry attitude give them a bad name.

It made the headline because this paper has an obvious axe to grind with Immigration. If you have been following the immigration stories you would see right through this..

I agree. If anyone is paying attention, most of them DO NOT result in convictions. Overturned on appeal, not guilty verdicts and nolle prosequis are the norm. Justice Bernard Turner you are sorely missed!