Last week a category 5 hurricane made landfall on the Abacos islands in the Bahamas leaving 70,000 homeless and countless missing and feared dead [click here if you missed that].
Last night Bahamian evacuees headed to Florida on a cruise ship were removed for not having visas...
According to reports more than 100 women and children were removed from a cruise ship last night after being told the visa requirement to enter the United States would not be waived.
To apply for a visa residents must go to the Island of Nassau and complete a process that can take up to three months. Meanwhile there is no electricity or running water in the Abacos islands and most of the buildings have been flattened.
That’s it. We’re leaving — all Bahamian evacuees without a visa taken off. The Bahamians who remain are in shock. No one understands why the rule was changed at the last minute. The parents and kids now stuck on the island. pic.twitter.com/Jvd3D6MTZW— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) September 9, 2019
