 Posted 5/18/2009 10:18:27 PM
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| Should convicted Caribbean nationals who are legitimate residents of the United States be deported to the Caribbean upon serving their sentences? How has this practice impacted our crime situation here in the Caribbean and the economy on a whole? Is this fair play ?
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Posted 5/19/2009 3:13:19 PM
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| Yes they should be deported. We as a family of the caribbean move our loved ones to get to this land called "America". This land that has been idolized and portrayed "as a place where life is better there than anywhere else the place where money is no option, its at your fingertips". The sad truth is that when you get here it is very cruel, very rough, very demanding YET filled with endless opportunities to elevate yourself. So what do our black caribbean men do, they get to "America" and they are driven by the materialistic world, in which they think that having a BMW, wearing bling bling and having nuff girls is living. And so they are now not driven by ambition to elevate one self to help those back home, they are now driven by the streets and get caught in the exact situation that the white America sees us.."black young men, uneducated and ruled by materials" So do they serve a purpose in US... No! They are not elevating themselves nor the youth and they are certainly not benefiting the country from where they were birth. So I say yes send them home. Now the flip side to that is the lifes that may be threaten when they go back home. Because they are now angry and clothed in shame and defeat, and what will they do with this anger and resentment... they will take it out on the citizens that are struggling to get to the place that they once were, the place that they had life just a little bit easier than them. The question should not be is it fair to them, but, is it now fair to these citizens of the caribbean islands to now take care of them?
Blessup
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Posted 5/20/2009 11:16:54 AM
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Not all families move here because they wanted to. I am not even sure that the majority moved by choice. I am not saying they were physically forced- I am saying circumstance such as the ravaging of feeble representation Caribbean economic by countries such as America, the brain drain, and the offer of greater opportunity are what causes many to leave the land of their birth.
Fortunately I am at a place where I can appreciate the American system (even with all it social traps and the noose around every corner). American system defines irony- everyday "our" goals are defined for you by mass media advertizing. From what you eat to what you wear. Where you should live, how you should live, even your deodorant. What is omitted is the means to getting these things. You know the statistics, 56+ % of prison population are black men when black men only make up about 6-8% of the US population. This system is design for failing “us”- criminalizing the black male population then dumping them on Caribbean countries knowing full well that the criminal justice system in the Caribbean cannot accommodate or manage these new criminals. Knowing all too well that the social structure con not afford them.
Why they make it mandatory that highly educated and successful Caribbean Americans return to their land of birth for periods every year to give back-?!!!!!!!
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Posted 5/21/2009 5:19:21 AM
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| Bert Wilkinson in an article "Migration: Caribbean Swamped With US Deportees" asserts that between 1990 and 2005 "Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana - had absorbed a staggering 30,000 deportees....17,000 have been convicted for drug trafficking, 600 for murder and 1,800 for illegal fire arms....In calculating the proportionate effect of deportation (AnnMarie) Barnes reasoned that the combined population of less than than 5 million in Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica, the impact of this "relocation of criminal offenders would be roughly equivalent to the influx into the United States, of more than one million convicted drug offenders and close to 40,000 convicted murderers."" Some are also deported for minor offenses. Criminal activity practiced anywhere in the world is wrong but the above data points to a US policy which places significant socio-economic strain on our Caribbean states. The majority of deportees do not contribute anything that is positive to our Caribbean landscape. In fact some of our most heinous crimes are committed by deportees who have been trained so to do in the US. Deportation clearly compounds our existing problems. I have never lived in the US so am not perhaps the best person to talk about the American experience. Clearly though many of our nationals see and will continue to see the US as the author of their destinies and while there are excellent opportunities for upliftment we do hear the stories of the untold hardships which many are insistent on bearing because the Caribbean simply will not cut it for them. Many of us choose to remain in the Caribbean because we believe that our destiny is caught up in this experience. Believe me, my experience tells me that deportation is hurting us. As Chatoyeh 2 points out, the US sends us back the criminals, why not the scientists, engineers, the baby sitters etc who can positively impact our landscape. As Granny would say "Who in the kitchen feels the heat" but "we go stay in the Caribbean and suck salt."
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