Hon Anthony Smith Jr said: This is truly a sad day for the Caribbean. It is deeply disappointing to see our nation and our regional neighbours included on a list of 75 countries worldwide now facing an indefinite pause on immigrant visa processing.
The relationships between Caribbean nations and the United States have been built on mutual respect, cooperation, and shared values. Our people-to-people connections run deep, with strong family ties, educational exchanges, and economic partnerships that have benefited both sides. To now see Antigua and Barbuda, along with Barbados, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and others subjected to this blanket policy, is disheartening.
What troubles me equally, however, is how quickly this developing situation was seized upon for political gain here at home. Instead of being patriots who offer constructive recommendations, the United Progressive Party used this issue as a political football to attack the Prime Minister. It is now even clearer to all right thinking citizens and residents that this matter was not in any way caused by our government’s policy positions or actions. It is clearly a unilateral decision by the United States that affects numerous countries across the globe.
At a time when we should be standing together as a nation to respond to this challenge with one voice, we instead saw opposition politicians rushing to assign blame and score political points. Yet their partisan attacks did absolutely nothing to serve the interests of Antiguans and Barbudans.
Right now, we need unity and measured diplomacy, not divisive rhetoric. Our focus should be on working through diplomatic channels to understand the rationale behind this decision and to advocate for our citizens, not on exploiting this development for domestic political advantage.
I urge us all: Let us stand together as Caribbean people and as Antiguans and Barbudans during this challenging time.
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HYPOCRITE—SHUT U DAM JUDASISTIC MOUTH…..ABSOLUTELY NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR FROM A HYPOCRITE LIKE YOU, as much as Gaston is not liked, it it was coming from him I might have blessed your words, BUT FROM U COMING FROM THE BIGGEST JUDAS ANYONE HAS SEEN.
IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU WHY THE ABLP IS STILL IN POWER SO PLEASE SHUT UP MAN AND GO HIDE. U HAVE NO SHAME.
Not in Antigua. All news portal; blogs online have made it into a political circus.
they come out quick boyyyy. lol what a calamity
You are looking relevance so you have found something to speak on..
Did you speak voluntarily and consciously or were you programmed?
How do you feel being in bed and being a part of those who have brought this on us?
Is the ALP and Gaston Browne still the ANTITHESIS of good?
Have you been sanitized by yhe labour party?
Have you apologized to the people of All Saints West for selling their vote to a party which you claimed was the maker of corruption?
Did you share the $6 millions with anyone from All Saints West?
Boy, go way!!!!
” A sad day for the Carribean” huh?
I didn’t know that Antigua and Dominca was the entire Carribean?
This happened to Antigua and Dominca you joker, so go get a real brain and figure out why.
But many of us out here know why “Antigua and Dominca” were singled out, so sit there being blind.
But what else you expect from a Judas, it’s his blindness that cause him to sell his soul for 30 pieces.