The Government of Antigua and Barbuda says Parliament will meet within the next two weeks to debate and pass changes to immigration law, paving the way for a national amnesty programme.
Proposed amendments to the Immigration and Passport Act 2014 are due to be reviewed by Cabinet before being tabled. Officials say the changes will create a legal framework to regularise the status of certain undocumented migrants.
The amnesty would apply to people who entered the country lawfully but have lived without regularised status for four years or more. Eligible individuals would be able to apply during a three-month window from 1 April to 30 June 2026.
The bill would also provide a pathway for people who narrowly failed to qualify for citizenship because of short breaks in lawful residency.
However, the government says the programme will not be open to everyone. Those considered a threat to national security or public safety will be excluded, as will applicants who provide false information or are subject to active deportation orders or international arrest warrants.
Cabinet has described the measure as a structured effort to improve compliance with immigration laws and strengthen national security oversight. Officials say it is not a blanket pardon but a managed process aimed at bringing long-term residents into legal conformity.
If approved, the amnesty is expected to begin shortly after the legislation is passed.
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No amnesty! Stop the invasion; mass deportations now!
RALLYING CALL #5
Please pay attention to this very important Parliamentary discussion on the Immigration Amnesty debate. The forced attenuation and influx of foreign nationals has impacted on our cultural dilution and the indigenous population that nobody (especially this government who has benefited) can no longer deny.
Let’s look at a number of things that confirms this:
1) In the late 90s and throughout the early 00s, Antiguan music was at the peak of its power, I was so proud of hearing wherever I traveled at home and abroad our music was rocking the club’s and dance floors.
Today though, reggae music has overtaken ours.
2) The conversations that I have on a regular basis when I’m out and about are not from Antiguans; but from those that weren’t born here.
3) Food is another guideline to how things have drastically changed in our country. A good friend of my family has had an ackee tree growing on their land for decades without interruption; but nowadays once the ackee opens up, the tree is stripped bare by chancers.
4) Unchecked immigration into the country can also have a detrimental effect on us due to the rise in criminal activity, that nobody can deny. Yes, I know Antiguans have their own criminals, but the career driven hard-backed ones who come over here see Antigua 🇦🇬 as an easy touch.
Yes, country has changed, and it would be interesting to know once the National Census is completed, what the percentage ratio between the influx of immigration and the indigenous population is. I await with baited breath.
WE CAN’T AFFORD ANYMORE IMMIGRATION AMNESTIES…
RALLYING CALL #6 IS ON THE CARDS 👍🏾
This Administration is just full of stinking shit. Regardless to whether they come here legally or not you all are encouraging people to come here and deliberately break our laws. No matter what spin the Administration come with its the only way ABLP can win an Election and that is the only reason behind this. Gaston Browne and his Cabinet are BATSHIT CRAZY. Not certain ANR will like this though
Shut up Brix, you don’t even live in Antigua!
You are all powerless to do anything to stop Parliament so write your rubbish and cry yourself to sleep. 🤣😂🤣😂
@ Anger, it goes without saying that you are either a fool or an idiatt! However, I just can’t work out which one.
But what I do know is that you are an out and out Gaston Browne acolyte that wants him as the head of Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 forever and a day.
Another ABLP nutcracker who just cannot respond in kind to what I’ve brilliantly commented on. I’ve actually lost count now…
Is ignorance a requisite to becoming a Gastonite?
Seems so 😉
@Brix. Cry some more you fucking pussy.🤣 Get back to shoveling snow or whatever you should be doing wherever you live – we all know it’s not here in 🇦🇬😉. You were exposed a long time ago so run along gobshite.
Well, Antigua is as fucked as Britain and the US.
There will be no debate. THIS IS ONE BILL THE OPPOSITION CANNOT OPPOSE.
NO OPPOSITION MP WILL OPPOSE THAT BILL.
Again, I rest my case your Honour… ⚖️
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The proposed immigration amnesty is not justice, not compassion, and not good governance — it is a blatant assault on the rule of law in Antigua and Barbuda.
For years, Immigration officers have been prevented from doing the very job they were sworn to do. Political interference crippled enforcement while overstayed migrants remained in the country without consequence. Now, instead of enforcing the law, the government is rewarding lawbreaking with legal status and citizenship.
What message does this send to Antiguans who follow the rules? That obedience means nothing, and that political loyalty matters more than national law.
This amnesty appears less about humanity and more about political survival. Many citizens see it for what it is — a calculated attempt to manufacture future voters while sidelining the voices of lawful Antiguans. Citizenship should never be used as a political tool.
A country that refuses to enforce its immigration laws weakens its sovereignty, erodes its national identity, and betrays its people. No serious nation turns illegal overstays into political advantage while its citizens struggle to be heard.
Antigua and Barbuda belongs to its people — not to political schemes disguised as policy.
We demand accountability.
We demand enforcement of the law.
We demand respect for our nation and its citizens.
Maybe readers who are opposed to the Amnesty Bill we should mobilise our and protest against the Bill.
A exactly that amnesty and CIP that cause the USA to issue new visa nullification upon traveling one single time to USA on your present visa with time alloted of 90 days then the visa is terminate even though it is a newly issue 10 year valid visa. Just use it once and it is terminated.
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