Thursday, February 19, 2009

Minister wants higher fines for hiring illegal immigrants

Read storyImmigration Minister Branville McCartney said the government wants to raise fines for hiring illegal immigrants above the current $3,500 limit.

Appearing on the radio talk show Generation Next on 106.5 FM, McCartney said that persons who hire illegal immigrants should have to pay the cost of deportation and have their names printed in the newspapers.

Former Immigration Minister Shane Gibson agreed that fines were an important consideration but said there are other loopholes.

He asked how long The Bahamas would allow wooden-hulled vessels to enter its waters, pointing to the recent seizures of millions of dollars of cocaine found aboard two such vessels.

He said that the present government should photograph and fingerprint persons held at the Detention Center, a practice started while he was in power.

The Nassau Guardian

1 comments:

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