Posted on 11/27/2014 10:20:27 AM PST by RightGeek
NASSAU, Bahamas — On the first day new immigration rules took effect this month in the Bahamas, officers in green fatigues swept through poor sections of the capital filling two yellow school buses with dozens of people who couldn't document their right to be in the island chain.
The government, amid fierce criticism of the raid, later insisted the timing of the operation was coincidence. Still, the message of the surprise morning raid, in which the officers were accompanied by local media, couldn't be clearer: The Bahamas aims to become less hospitable to its swelling population of migrants lacking legal status.
"The fact is that illegal migration is a huge problem for us," Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell said in a recent interview. "We spend enormous resources for it. It is a drain on our social services, health care and education and we need to get the matter under control."
The island chain of about 360,000 has a foreign-born population of more than 18 percent, according to an official report released last month. While the precise number of those who migrated illegally is unclear, the islands long have drawn migrants sailing from nearby Haiti. Census figures from 2010 show more than one out of 10 people in the Bahamas is Haitian, up from 3.6 percent in 1970.
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Bahamas has the guts to do what we will never do.
Hurrah for them!
Bahamas are off to a good start.
Good to see some countries using common sense.
They aren’t “migrants”. They’re freeloading thieves.
Seems vaguely castigo-esque, ergo ping.
If the Bahamas have a big population of illegals then their economy should be booming. I’ve heard third world uneducated illegals are the best thing you can do for your economy. And all of them are brilliant business owners that would all be billionaires if they only had that green card.
They have the will to protect and preserve themselves. This country’s leadership doesn’t.
My wife and I are going there the week after next to celebrate her birthday... looking forward to that!
Bahamas is majority black so their government escapes the racism charge when they enforce their own laws.
Bahamas are off to a good start.
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Yes, but you know where the illegals will head to now.
“The fact is that illegal migration is a huge problem for us,” Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell said in a recent interview. “We spend enormous resources for it. It is a drain on our social services, health care and education and we need to get the matter under control.”
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That’s not what our so called leaders say about them.
Exactly my thought. It could be by invitation.
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