Mr. Ingraham Has No Record to Talk Immigration

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – National Security Minister Wayne Munroe defends the Davis administration’s immigration record, after former prime minister Hubert Ingraham during an FNM rally on Wesdnesday night, raises concerns about immigration and national security.

Munroe firing back, saying the former prime minister “has no record” to speak on immigration, while arguing the Davis administration has deported more migrants than any previous administration.

Wayne Munroe – National Security Minister

“ Brave Davis has a record to talk about immigration. Settling down entries by equipping the Royal Bahamas Defence Force fleet with more interceptors and repatriating, deporting more people than any other administration has in history, including Mr. Ingraham. I understand that they feel that Mr. Pintard can’t do it on his own, and they have to bring back the old war horse.”

The former prime minister also slammed the Davis administration for what he says is a lack of outrage over the number of fraudulent passports moving about.

Munroe had this response:

“ You know how I prefer to show my outrage about you having a forged document? I prefer to show it by locking you up, by putting you before the court and sending you to jail. That’s how we should demonstrate our outrage to people who do that.”

“And we’ve committed that after we succeed this election to increasing the penalty for public servants who participate in that sort of activity. So they’re good at outrage, which is theatrics. We’re good at action, which is catching the perpetrators and calling them to account.”

Now, the national security minister is also weighing in on Tuesday’s ballot transfer debacle, saying it is standard procedure.

Wayne Munroe – National Security Minister

“ We have not invented star trek teleportation yet, and so we’ve moved the boxes to PRD to be packed and shipped to the family islands every single election. From the ministry’s point of view, it comes to us in terms of having to pay for the airlift of the boxes and sometimes the carriage by sea.”

“But for an election to happen in the family island, constituencies across this country that spreads over 140,000 square miles, you have to transport and it’s as simple as that.”