Immigrants Meet with Minister Bev Williams

At this time, a meeting is currently underway at the Swift Hall in the Lake Independence constituency of Belize City where as promised, Minister of State for Immigration, Beverly Williams, is meeting with immigrants seeking nationality. Hundreds of persons, some who have been living in Belize for over a decade, have gathered there hoping to get their status regularized. For three days last week, hundreds of persons, mostly from Central America,   lined up at the office of U.D.P. standard bearer for Lake I, Dianne Finnegan where their documents were being collated in anticipation of this meeting. The three-day rush raised eyebrows because of past scandals involving the illegal issuance of Belizean passports. Political operatives are known to facilitate mass nationalizations in exchange for the vote.