Trump warns of 'bad people' among Bahamas hurricane survivors
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Trump warns of 'bad people' among Bahamas hurricane survivors
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US President Donald Trump -- who has made strict immigration regulations a pillar of his presidency -- told reporters that "we have to be careful" about Dorian survivors arriving from the Bahamas (AFP Photo/NICHOLAS KAMM)Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Monday that the US would have to be careful about allowing Bahamian survivors of Hurricane Dorian into the country, warning there could be "very bad people" among them.
The previous day, several hundred storm survivors were prevented from boarding a ferry from the Bahamas to Florida because they lacked US visas -- an incident that a top American immigration official said was a mistake.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, the president -- who has made strict immigration regulations a pillar of his presidency -- said that "everyone needs totally proper documentation."
"The Bahamas has some tremendous problems with people going to the Bahamas that weren't supposed to be there," Trump said.
"I don't want to allow people that weren't supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States, including some very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very, very bad drug dealers."
Since he took office in 2016, Trump has made multiple efforts to stem the inflow of migrants, mainly from Central America.
When announcing his candidacy in June 2015, Trump made derogatory statements about immigrants from Mexico similar to what he said about Dorian survivors, warning they were bringing "drugs" and "crime," and were "rapists."
Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, said the ferry incident was a mistake and the result of "some confusion."
"If your life is in jeopardy in the Bahamas... you're going to be allowed into the United States," provided the people arriving are not deemed a threat, he said.
Authorities in the Bahamas have updated the death toll from Hurricane Dorian to 45, one week after the storm battered the archipelago.
Police are calling for the public to register details of the many people still missing
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OMG, Sean Connery is coming to the U.S...Horrible, just horrible. /s
Connery has money and can go wherever he likes. I would have to check; but he is Scottish- and at one time maintained a permanent residence in England for tax purposes.
Pretty sure he will be OK.
He was been a full-time resident of Bahama since the 1990s.
We need to stop him from coming to the US...He definitely is a ''bad people''....
He might be happier where he can smack women around. We don’t want this crap here.
“I don't think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman - although I don't recommend doing it in the same way that you'd hit a man.
'An open-handed slap is justified, if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I'd do it.'
Sean Connery
Want to place bets that Connery has a valid VISA or passport? He has money, don't worry about him.
I do find it funny you are worried about someone so well off. What ever happened to no charity for the rich?
I don't care how well off someone might be. To see your home and a country you love destroyed hurts you to your core.
Do you not understand what /s means, Ronin?
What about all the bad people here? The Senate won't bring gun issues to a full vote. We have seen that all of us have more to fear from white male shooters than any poor person from the Bahamas who lost everything. They don't have their documents if everything they had was destroyed. This is delusional, paranoid and inhumane.
Trump is right-- as usual. What we urgently need is a Wall between the Bahamas and the U.S.! Because day in, day out, the Bahamians are not sending us their best. Oh No-- they're continually sending us their murderers, their rapists, and their drug dealers . . .
But the bad news is that since the base of the WallTwill have to be built underwater, it will cost big bucks.
(However the good news is-- The Bahamas is going to pay for it!)
I'm happy to help the people of The Bahamas, but let's not get the idea that they are specifically the responsibility of the United States, because they aren't. Other countries are also very capable of helping them.
I guess not everybody knows this, but the Commonwealth of The Bahamas is not part of the United States. It's not a state or a territory of the US. It's an independent, sovereign country. And, by the way, it's one of the richer countries in the hemisphere by GDP.
As you can see from this live webcam, cruise ships are still stopping in, buildings are still standing, etc. It's not 100% devastation by any means.