St. Maarten Private Eye

I think you are confused here. Swift does not appear to me to be starting any campaign to ´clear´ illegals as you say. And you may have ¨told¨ him many times, but he is entitled to disgaree with you. The discussion is if traffic controls are worth while and will solve much of the crime. Personnally I agree with Swift, I think it´s another bunch of bull that we have seen already multiple times before over the past years, I can search back if you like and find a few.
What I think Swift is arguing is that the fundamental roots of the problems need to be tackled, immigration and permits, police and courts, prison, government transparency, policies, education, etc etc.

I do not believe traffic controls are the most effective use of manpower and resources to tackle crime and although many illegals are responsible for crime, I don´t think they should be all be grouped together, it´s called generalising. There are other ways to control illegals and they should be tackled first, half the time when an illgal criminal is picked up they get deported anyway, serving little time even if convicted. What a farce that is.

As an example of misguided policies, an inside friend once told me how the Children´s Hotline was a waste of money, it´s all very well having it, but if there is no structure behind it, such as social workers, care assistance, childrens homes etc, then it´s rather ineffectual.

I remember one time a year or two back when Great Bay Casino was robbed and the police were late responding, because they were all out on a ¨Quick Response Control¨¨

By the way, just so you know, I am not starting any campaign to protect illegals either, just so you know.

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