Police also visited neighborhoods where they believe illegal immigrants are residing said police spokesman Ricardo Henson. Those arrested and are to be deported are from Italy, Jamaica, France, Anguilla, Dominican Republic, and Dominica.
The controls currently taking place are in keeping with what Minister of Justice Magali Jacoba said in November when she launched the Brooks Tower Project to regulate illegal residents on St. Maarten. The controls were scheduled to begin on March 1 and it is under the supervision of the island's chief of police.
