In the Bahamas we have a problem! We are being invaded by the hundreds by illegal immigrants. Our limited resources are being overwhelmed and exhausted. We are desperate to find a solution. Consequently, our Lord and Saviour sent us one: in the likes of the Hon. Shane Gibson. A just, and forthright man.
Bahamians celebrated because finally, there was a Daniel, a David, a Solomon who would save us. Finally there was a new Roker in town. A no nonsense type man; someone who is serious about solving this illegal immigrant problem. Someone who would rid us of our plague By Any Means Neccessary!
So with some new hard lined policies in place, off Mr. Gibson and his crusaders go to the island of Eleuthera, (he plans to visit and to revisit every island of the Bahamas until he rids us of our illegal immigrant problem) to a particular settlement, where it is said that almost everyone knows everybody and surely knows everyone’s elses business.
Eleuthera always had an illegal immigration problem, at least so it seemed. There are HaItians all over the damn place. All working, seemingly enjoying life while Bahamians looked on, longing for an opportunity to be employed. It was clear that these buggas had to go!
Consequenlty, in the wee hours of the morning, I suspect around 2am to 3am, (The Bahama Journal said it was around 4am -5am, but we all know HaItians don’t sleep that late; they start work at 6am on the farms), police officers with warrents burst through a seemingly illegal immigrant village, looking for what: illegal immigrants or perhaps forged documents. Nevertheless, No Illegals were there! Just a large number of Haitian Bahamians with Bahamian passports, who have been living in the Bahamas for years. Others had work permits which the Bahamians on the island had legally obtained for them in order to work on their farms. But the officers did not care. Why? Because they were all just HaItians and will always just be that! So handcuffed, with documents in hand, they were marched to the docks, boarded on ships and shipped to Nassau in order to have their documents checked. Apparently, Eleuthera is still so primitive, that there exist no telephones to call head quarters to check on names, no computers with databases, no fax, no mordern equipment to help with solving this situation. Oh well, Help and Hope still coming for them!
According to the Bahama Journal:
“Minister Gibson explained in an interview with the Bahama Journal on Sunday that a Haitian man was convicted in Miami last week for possessing hundreds of blank Bahamian work permits.”
He said the situation raised the red flag and immigration and police officials were taking no chances.”
So, it seems as if every HaItian is guilty now because of this, even the ones who have Bahamian passports. In the United States, they would call such a statement racial profiling, which is a crime. But thank God we are not in the good ole USA, for it seems as if here,we can do anything and get away with it.
The minister also stressed that what happened in Eleuthera “was not a raid”.
Apparently, I do not know what a raid is, especially after locking up 193 people!
“The police were executing search warrants,” he said. “They ran into people they thought were here illegally.”
Hmm, they casually ran into persons in their houses at 2am who they thought were illegal. Wow, only in the Bahamas can such a thing happen! And how does one obtain a warrent of search, especially since it was not a raid. Perhaps, the Police had a tip? Or maybe they knew one or two had to be illegal or at least habouring illegals. ‘Cause they just HaItians, they guilty from birth. The Police searched umpteen houses, they must have had a number of warrents for each house.
Furthermore, when asked whether immigration officers were with police during the arrests, Minister Gibson said on Sunday, “I’m not sure if my officers were with police.”
Not sure?! hmm. Days later and the good Minister is not sure…Is it, that the Minister is not sure, or don’t care! Is it possible that illegal immigrants, (beg your pardon, Haitian Bahamians) were being detained for being in the Bahamas illegally, and the Immigration department was not involved? My God, the travesty!
Out of 193 persons arrested, detained, shipped to Nassau, then locked up at the detention centre, 179 of them were either HaItian Bahamian or had authenticated work permits. That’s 93% Our police were off by 93%. But they were doing their jobs, we all understand that, because the Bahamas has a problem that needs to be addressed. Should the police force apologise to that community? Hell No! For what, “they will always be just HaItians anyways! right?
