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The Opposition Leader is putting illegal and defiant migrants on notice, shape up or ship out.


She promises that her government will impose aggressive action and get them back to their country by any means necessary.
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00:00Opposition leader Kamala Bissetta says she will not stand idly by as she says government
00:07has done and allow citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to be terrorized and murdered by illegal
00:13Venezuelan migrants.
00:15She was referencing 69-year-old pensioner Winston Thomas, who was abducted from his
00:21penal home by Hispanics at 2 a.m. last Thursday, only to be found murdered in the backseat
00:28of his car hours later.
00:30Bissetta on Monday night responding to complaints that Venezuelans robbed an Aranguiz farmer
00:36of his pump made similar remarks.
00:39The government has failed to put in place any proper migrant policies.
00:45We have no proper migrant policies in place and that is something we will look at.
00:50It cannot be that the Venezuelans have been given a home here.
00:55It cannot be not only are they given a home, they don't pay taxes, but they utilize the
01:01hospitals, they utilize our schools.
01:04Yes, we are bleeding hearts and we feel sorry, but there must be a proper migrant policy.
01:10Following up her comments with a media statement hours later, the opposition leader says, quote,
01:16today I make it clear if the Venezuelan migrant community do not get their act in order and
01:22desist from engaging in criminal conduct, begin assisting the TTPs in identifying Venezuelan
01:29criminals and integrate peacefully into our society, my incoming government will take
01:34aggressive action against all illegal Venezuelan migrants and deport every one of them to their
01:41homeland by any means necessary, end quote.
01:44The opposition leader says there's no middle ground.
01:47The migrants must choose whether they will peacefully live in TNT or face deportation.
01:53The Venezuelans have to prove where were you working for the past three years?
01:58You have any payslip, any company that you've worked?
02:02Because if you were not working somewhere, how you live in, banditry?
02:06If they give you a home here, you have to prove that you're worthy to remain here and
02:11that you're not working against law abiding citizens.
02:14Ambassador Becerra says the well-being of Trinidad and Tobago's citizens must always
02:18come first.
02:19Our nation's generosity, she says, is now being exploited and our citizens terrorized.
02:25You see what Trump is doing?
02:28If you don't behave yourself here, go back home.
02:33Go back home.
02:34Treaties first, safety first.
02:38She says migrants benefit from the same concessions as citizens, but they pay no taxes on income,
02:43no national insurance, no health surcharge, and therefore out-compete locals for jobs.
02:50Economist Professor Roger Hussain agrees with the opposition leader, saying,
02:54I have noted before that the inflow of Venezuelan migrants has benefited the non-tradable sector
03:00more than the tradable sector, shifting the economy's focus and adding to inefficiencies
03:07in resource allocation.
03:08Additionally, migrants consuming public goods such as health care and utilities without
03:13contributing through taxation further strains an already constrained fiscal system.
03:19We will have to think this through as our economy struggles."
03:24Meanwhile, UNC critic Devan Maharaj chastises what he calls the Trump-like approach.
03:29He opines,
03:30By framing an entire group of migrants as the root cause of societal issues, the opposition
03:36leader mirrors the divisive tactics of Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric, which similarly
03:42demonize immigrants without presenting actionable solutions.
03:46This approach, while politically expedient, underscores a leadership style that prioritizes
03:51fear-mongering over effective policy-making.
03:55Perhaps inspired that a 70-something-year-old man can be successful at the polls, the leader
04:01of the opposition has started to ape Trumpian tactics, but Kamala is no Donald Trump."
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