You are right. it is not the children. It is their illegal parents who are popping them out and sending them (among other things) to school to learn English.

All the Government (not Minister Mitchell) is doing is asking that (in accordance with the Immigration Act) all non-Bahamians (including the children) have some sort of papers to show they have the right to reside here. I'm sorry but this does not translate into children of illegals. If the parents are illegal, then so are the children and as go the parents, so go the children.

I just wish they would once and for all fix this damned Constitution so that the right to "apply for citizenship" is not granted to children of illegals. It's resulting in the dilemma we now have where children of illegals feel they have some right to citizenship and hence the right to reside. How can one reside in a country 'illegally' and then assert rights to its highest benefit of citizenship? The premise of your entry is by breaking the law - the same law that you now assert gives you the right to reside. #constantlyamazed

"Children born in the Bahamas of Haitian parents have the right to be registered as Bahamian citizens at the age of 18. If they are denied an education now, how can they possibly “contribute to the progress and well-being of The Bahamas” on coming of age? Of course, one cannot forget the hatred building in their breasts in the intervening years because of their unfair treatment."

"have a right"? Really. Where is that written. Fine. Let's just open the borders and let them all come in, squat and keep pushing out babies because they are rightfully "citizens".

And who is denying them an education? I thought the policy was clear that they had to be registered or have something saying they have the right to reside here. I don't know that this is interpreted to mean that if you were born to illegal parents that give you the right to "reside".

Any hatred in their heart is because their parents brought this mess on them. Not our Government!

They need to dispense with all these policies and just make them law. Let's see how QC Fred will deal with it then.

While I agree that you cannot get all of the illegals out with this new policy it is definitely a deterrent.

Illegals continue to break our laws by showing up unchecked to our shores and taking advantage of the free health care and education without making any significant contribution to our economy besides putting a continued strain on it.

I agree that the fee should either be minimum or nil as most of them are very poor, but we cannot just continue to just ignore them. Something HAS to be put in place to curb or account for the thousands that reside here unknown to us.

While they cannot be arrested at the school, they should NOT continue to attend them unchecked. Isn't this why they come? So how do you stop or control it? By making it less easy to land and reside in our borders 'unchecked'.

I applaud the efforts of the Ministry of Immigration but I still say we left it too long and these persons now have a sense of entitlement. They will not lay down and take this policy easy.

Besides, if they are forced to obtain the passports of their nationality, which they proudly contend they are, then at 18 they cannot say they are 'stateless'.

I say do it the right way or go elsewhere.

They should have kept VAT off the utilities. Even the mom and pop stores are passing the costs on the consumer. In one day, the whole Bahamas has gone crazy because we have jacka$$es running our Government.

Oh yes I will be boycotting. That's my right as a consumer. You go ahead and pay your VAT and theirs! What you're gonna do when the rate goes up idiot and they take the price to $15 for a ticket? Just go ahead and keep paying because its just so fair..... fool.

And by the way big assumption that I voted the present idiots in...... A typical.

Abaco has the largest concentration of illegals and there are many places to hide so why warn them or have community meetings. Did they warn us they were pulling up in their 'unsanitary' and 'inhumane' sloop children in tow?

And whose to say there won't be a planned riot or they won't arm themselves since you're going to tell them that you are officially starting roundups... very foolish.

Business owners are using VAT to financially rape their customers. Even if they have to pay VAT on utilities so do their customers. And what recourse do we have? We are not getting a dime of our money back. At least the business owners can apply for a refund. It reeks of greed and nastiness! Boycott Bahamas? No!. Boycott such businesses. If the product or service is not essential, do without or find alternatives. I will be going to potters cay dock for my fruits and vegetables (not super value) and watching my movies online (not galleria)!!

I don't. Since earlier in the year he has been price gorging! I go to his food stores every two weeks and have been watching the prices creep up to almost a dollar to two dollars on most items.... milk, eggs, yogurt, kelloggs raisin bran... just to name a few. I'm down to buying only the very basic items (when I am desperate) and just taking my business elsewhere. I suggest everyone else does the same.

What I don't get is how is it that Cost-Rite and other major retailers/wholesalers are able to pass the savings on to their customers and Mr. Roberts who owns several stores and no doubt also buys in bulk is so adamant about hiking his prices up. It reeks of greed!!

I got a good belly laugh from this "protest". Thanks Ms. Campbell. I needed that. LOL!!!