Again you are wrong. Ireland, England, France, all of Scandinavia, and just about every country in Europe, all give citizenship to babies born in their countries.

Our laws are antiquated and built upon a xenophobic ideas.

Don't worry, we'll follow about 5 years behind when the US legalizes it nationwide and miss out on any economic benefits. That's just how we roll.

You do know about the idea of a Statute of Limitations? Meaning that you need to bring charges against someone within a reasonable amount of time depending on the crime.

Also, who do you expect to pay for all these locked up foreigners who have committed no crime except trying to better their lot in life? Better not be my VAT money going to crap like that.

So wait, your interpretation is that the Governor General can sign the order, well then according to you, the minister has no authority to do so. They can ask the GG, but that's it. So we'll use that as the basis for relying on your incorrect facts.

So it appears that your entire comment is factually incorrect.

It's easy to see why people just accept hiring of Haitians and other illegal immigrants, it's because Bahamians will not do the jobs they perform. Bahamians, just outright refuse to do hard manual labour for minimum wage. Landscapers, cleaners, basic construction labour, Bahamians on average feel these jobs are below them and therefore would rather be without work than take one. That's not to say all, many Bahamians do what they need to provide for themselves and families.

If we lost all of that bottom end labour, our country would have a terrible time trying to replace it with just the local population.

You do realize that all but one of the Paris attackers were EU citizens? Guess that kinds of shoots holes in you fear mongering though.

Are you serious? One guy spent 9 years, that's right 9 years in detention because the immigration officials were not following the rules. The guy didn't even commit any crimes apart from being in the country without documentation. We also have been paying the bill for him to be locked up for 9 years. The judge simply enforced rules that are already there. So you are saying that the judge should just disregard the law? This ruling means that people will have to be deported more swiftly and will save Bahamians money.

The problems we have with illegal immigration is due to our convoluted and archaic laws. Our politicians have done absolutely nothing to bring about new or progressive ideas to dealing with immigrants, or really anything for that matter.

Allowing any kind of devaluation of the Bahamian dollar would be catastrophic to the economy. We do no produce anything in this country, we have a trade deficit of over 95%, we have no natural resources for our own use or export. We are entirely tied to the buying power of the US dollar and being tied to it.

Why would a bank let you borrow money without providing all of those things? They stand to lose it when you fail to pay it back. $10,000 is a lot of money to trust to someone. It's not a right, it's a privilege.