Sir,

It would appear that a little bit of fame and notoriety has gone to Fed Smith, QC’s head.

I presume we will also have to assume that geography was not one of his better scholastic subjects.  Mr. Smith the Commonwealth of the Bahamas may cover some 100,000 sq. miles of sea but the landmass of our 21 larger, populated islands amounts to 4,684 sq. miles; Haiti, on the other hand, has a landmass of some 10,714 sq. miles.

So, no we do not need nor can we handle more migrants to flood our precarious existence.  I will also support Minister Turnquest’s comments that with an unemployment figure around 10% any work these ILLEGAL immigrants take would be stolen from Bahamians born and bred in these islands.

Also one must wonder that with the sheer number of repeat offenders being caught that the living conditions in Haiti cannot be better than those being experienced in our detention camp(?)

I will close with a suggestion that, perhaps, Mr. Smith should consider using his legal education and change sides to help prosecute those evil people preying on these hapless Haitians as mere shipping cargo.

Thank you for your time and space,

George Francis

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