Illegal immigration is the migration of foreign citizens into a country in circumstances where such people do not meet the legal requirements for immigrating in that country, that is, when they are violating the immigration laws of that jurisdiction.
Illegal immigration has numerous and complex causes, but in general, it consists in people from poor countries seeking better life opportunities in more developed countries. Illegal immigration has impact on many political, economical, social and ethical issues. Illegal immigration is an enormous problem for StMaarten, and one that is growing. We need to stop giving citizenship to the children of illegal aliens and foreign visitors; bar from later immigration those who make frivolous asylum applications and 'no-shows. Bar re-entry to any alien receiving a five-year prison sentence; withhold funds from localities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to end illegal immigration; hold sponsors accountable for immigrants they sponsor; deport immigrants who become public charge limit judicial review of immigration decisions. We need to expand judicial deportation, dedicate investigators to work solely on employment of illegal aliens; expand on-going training programs for inspectors, intelligence officers, and investigators. Provide a facility for immigration service's classified information.
We need laws requiring all public schools to determine the legal status of all students and report their findings to the immigration officials. When the authorities are overwhelmed in their efforts to stop "illegal" immigration, they have historically provided amnesty. I hope Minister Rolland Duncan is not preparing the people of StMaarten to accept thousands of illegal people in the country. If he is initiating that offer, then he has fail and must resign immediately. Illegal immigration creates and exceeds the carrying capacity of an area or environment which results in overpopulation.
As minister of justice does not give you the rights to fool and use people to increase revenues for government.. Even foreigners have rights, do not use people, it is wrong .
Spikes in human population can cause problems such as pollution, water crises, and mass poverty. It will not be in our best interest or wise to give these people amnesty. The net flow of illegal immigration pattern is almost entirely from countries of lower socioeconomic levels to countries of higher socioeconomic levels, and particularly from developing countries to developed countries. While there are other causes associated with poorer countries, the most common motivation for illegal immigrants is the pursuit of greater economic opportunities and quality of life in the destination country. The reason why he must resign he know from day one BTA was use as a way to acquire income from these people as revenues to government. Government should not be in the business of fooling and abusing people especially when the outcome will continue to hurt our country StMaarten. Minister Rolland Duncan mission should have been to restore the laws, principles, safety, and security of StMaarten by obtaining the full implementation of our existing immigration laws. (All pregnant women who are legal or illegal immigrants must go back home and deliver their child in their country) and create laws to help deter and prevent illegal immigration. We need an effective immigration department to go hunt areas and businesses that hires illegal immigrants.
We need immigration patrol officers and the immigration department should be a department separated from the police department under the minister of justice. That is what Minister Rolland Duncan should be doing. The fact that he is not doing such makes him ineffective and must resign.
Martin Lake
