By LAMECH JOHNSON

IMMIGRATION director Jack Thompson has said Bahamians are partially to blame for the country's illegal immigration woes.

Mr Thompson said the successive waves of Haitian illegals who find their way to our shores are encouraged by the fact that Bahamians are willing to employ them.

Speaking at the New Providence Association of Public High Schools principals forum at the Breezes Resort yesterday, he said: "We have persons who come here with work permits. They have been approved by the Immigration Board and so they have been granted a work permit for a year and that permit is never renewed."

Mr Thompson said this scenario leads many illegals to move from job to j ...

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