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A lesson from the Bahamas

Wed., July 21, 2010

I just watched the Q-6 news, and they reported that Washington’s “Barefoot Bandit” had been deported to Miami by the folks of the Bahamas because he “entered their country illegally.” Why are people griping about immigration here? Our policy has no backbone.

Let’s hire some of those Bahamians to enforce what our current folks won’t do. If someone broke into my house they would be there illegally. The law would deal with them.

Colton Harris-Moore broke into the Bahamas.

He was caught and deported for being there illegally. Sounds like the good people there got their immigration policy right.

Mike Childress

Spokane

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