St. Maarten Private Eye

Flipper, I must agree with the writer above. We cannot accept any more illegal children as we do not have schools nor teachers. Listen, we do not have enough teachers for the public and semi-public schools either.
Besides that, illegal means illegal. They should not be here in the first place.
I met a Jamaican lady not too long ago who asked what is the easiest way for her to bring her children here, I told her it is not a wise decision as they will have a hard time getting into schools. She responded well, when they are here she will figure that out.
Flipper, it is easy for you to have all these wonderful humanitarian thoughts and ideals, so do I, but the truth of the matter is that we tax payers cannot afford to build schools for undocumented children.
In the past 6 years SXM had 2 grace periods, people had a chance to become documented. What you may not know is that more and more people are still coming in every day on vacation (3 months) and staying, working illegally, bringing their children, adding to the shanty town problem, adding to the children on the street and the crime situation.
So yes, Dick has the responsibility to fix the immigration system, do you know there is no system in place at the PJIA? what you see is a farce. The passport checks etc. No records are kept whatsoever on who comes in and who leaves.
if Dick wants illegal children to go to school as every child deserves an education, and yes he is right. But if our island cannot absorb the costs involved then we cannot implement free education for all illegal children.
I would suggest to Dick, he takes them with him to Curacao where there is more space- and the Netherlands Antilles can then give them a free education.