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		<title>By: cpm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3437164</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cpm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2017 01:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does he meet the requirement of Colonel Burch of living together as a married cpouple]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does he meet the requirement of Colonel Burch of living together as a married cpouple</p>
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		<title>By: Ringmaster</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3437129</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ringmaster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 22:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very true. Sums up the present Immigration mess. Sad that children who cannot choose where they are born are the most likely to suffer.
The irony of Bermudians saying many have gone to the UK as economic refugees. Lucky them as they have never paid UK taxes so why should they get any benefits. Time for the UK to throw them out.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very true. Sums up the present Immigration mess. Sad that children who cannot choose where they are born are the most likely to suffer.<br />
The irony of Bermudians saying many have gone to the UK as economic refugees. Lucky them as they have never paid UK taxes so why should they get any benefits. Time for the UK to throw them out.</p>
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		<title>By: Bullnoseh</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3437110</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bullnoseh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 19:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marry a Bermudian but don&#039;t worry about actually living with them.  A sham marriage is good enough.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marry a Bermudian but don&#8217;t worry about actually living with them.  A sham marriage is good enough.</p>
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		<title>By: Build a Better Bermuda</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3437089</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Build a Better Bermuda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 17:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is he still married, doesn&#039;t live with his wife and child. PLP has to look at the same as they would any other &#039;marriage of convenience&#039; that they riled against, if he is isn&#039;t in compliance with the immigration act, then he isn&#039;t eligible, and he hasn&#039;t been in compliance with the immigration act. Course that never stopped the PLP from applying double standards before.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is he still married, doesn&#8217;t live with his wife and child. PLP has to look at the same as they would any other &#8216;marriage of convenience&#8217; that they riled against, if he is isn&#8217;t in compliance with the immigration act, then he isn&#8217;t eligible, and he hasn&#8217;t been in compliance with the immigration act. Course that never stopped the PLP from applying double standards before.</p>
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		<title>By: Zevon</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3437063</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zevon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 15:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh.   Having Bermudian children should entitle someone to status?  
That was in Pathways, wasn&#039;t it?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh.   Having Bermudian children should entitle someone to status?<br />
That was in Pathways, wasn&#8217;t it?</p>
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		<title>By: SNS</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3437026</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SNS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marriage?!! LOL! What a joke. Marriage for convenience...an even bigger joke!!

Sounds like you&#039;re looking for a wife/husband]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marriage?!! LOL! What a joke. Marriage for convenience&#8230;an even bigger joke!!</p>
<p>Sounds like you&#8217;re looking for a wife/husband</p>
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		<title>By: Watcher</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3437003</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Watcher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That may well be the new &quot;policy&quot; considering the majority of the married parliamentarians have married/are married  to non-Bermudians, including past and present leaders.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That may well be the new &#8220;policy&#8221; considering the majority of the married parliamentarians have married/are married  to non-Bermudians, including past and present leaders.</p>
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		<title>By: Zevon</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436994</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zevon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 09:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Geneveve Tweed is definitely out then.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Geneveve Tweed is definitely out then.</p>
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		<title>By: Zevon</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436992</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zevon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 09:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One generation would have our current Premier under investigation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One generation would have our current Premier under investigation.</p>
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		<title>By: Zevon</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436990</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zevon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 09:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course.  Because some Bermudians want to feel superior to other Bermudians.  They want them &quot;investigated&quot;. 
It&#039;s like something out of a Kafka novel.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course.  Because some Bermudians want to feel superior to other Bermudians.  They want them &#8220;investigated&#8221;.<br />
It&#8217;s like something out of a Kafka novel.</p>
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		<title>By: bdaboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436945</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bdaboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 04:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;If you want to enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a Bermudian , marry one .

Reform should start with a certificate of marriage &quot;

Oh good...I&#039;ll marry my Canadian boyfriend, so he can live and work in Bermuda. 

Thank you for your support, coffee :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If you want to enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a Bermudian , marry one .</p>
<p>Reform should start with a certificate of marriage &#8221;</p>
<p>Oh good&#8230;I&#8217;ll marry my Canadian boyfriend, so he can live and work in Bermuda. </p>
<p>Thank you for your support, coffee <img src='https://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Not that simple</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436935</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Not that simple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 03:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like it or not, this still has to be addressed. There are young people who have lived here their whole life, situations where some siblings have status and other don&#039;t,  people who have bermudian children who right now need to leave when the kids turn 18. This isn&#039;t going away.  How is our new government going to deal with this?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like it or not, this still has to be addressed. There are young people who have lived here their whole life, situations where some siblings have status and other don&#8217;t,  people who have bermudian children who right now need to leave when the kids turn 18. This isn&#8217;t going away.  How is our new government going to deal with this?</p>
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		<title>By: Coffee</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436922</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coffee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 02:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He married a Bermudian . 

He has Bermudian children .

That&#039;s why the former Govt. Failed in their bid to force him to leave .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He married a Bermudian . </p>
<p>He has Bermudian children .</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why the former Govt. Failed in their bid to force him to leave .</p>
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		<title>By: Quinton Berkley Butterfield</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436915</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quinton Berkley Butterfield]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 02:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He is married to a Bermudian and has been for many, many years...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He is married to a Bermudian and has been for many, many years&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: cpm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436898</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cpm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So will the peoples&#039;campaign march against non Bermudian Tweed getting status?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So will the peoples&#8217;campaign march against non Bermudian Tweed getting status?</p>
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		<title>By: Coffee</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436883</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coffee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First let&#039;s seal that legal loophole .

If you&#039;d love to become a citizen , marry a citizen . 

Reform isn&#039;t necessary . 

Britain is Brexiting .

We don&#039;t have to follow anything from Europe .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First let&#8217;s seal that legal loophole .</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d love to become a citizen , marry a citizen . </p>
<p>Reform isn&#8217;t necessary . </p>
<p>Britain is Brexiting .</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t have to follow anything from Europe .</p>
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		<title>By: cpm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436871</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cpm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 23:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We or our ancestors all came from somewhere else so how far back should we go to investigate how we/they became Bermudian?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We or our ancestors all came from somewhere else so how far back should we go to investigate how we/they became Bermudian?</p>
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		<title>By: rich</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436865</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 22:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why?</p>
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		<title>By: Infidelguy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436862</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Infidelguy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 22:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s a good one!

LOL!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s a good one!</p>
<p>LOL!!!</p>
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		<title>By: George</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436847</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humanitarian situations?????  
Go on YouTube and type in &#039;air strikes in Syria&#039; or &#039;Immigrant boat drownings&#039; and you&#039;ll see humanitarian situations. Let&#039;s just put that phrase into a bit of context here.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Humanitarian situations?????<br />
Go on YouTube and type in &#8216;air strikes in Syria&#8217; or &#8216;Immigrant boat drownings&#8217; and you&#8217;ll see humanitarian situations. Let&#8217;s just put that phrase into a bit of context here.</p>
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		<title>By: puzzled</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436843</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[puzzled]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In your face.
Enjoy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In your face.<br />
Enjoy.</p>
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		<title>By: Sittin back laughin</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436838</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sittin back laughin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! Would they have sung this song if the maestro was different]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! Would they have sung this song if the maestro was different</p>
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		<title>By: iabingi</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436827</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[iabingi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who about from 1998 ?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who about from 1998 ?</p>
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		<title>By: Coffee</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436824</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coffee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If by chance you happen to find Fayhe , recruit him . 

I want the loophole sealed tight .

If you want to enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a Bermudian , marry one .

Reform should start with a certificate of marriage .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If by chance you happen to find Fayhe , recruit him . </p>
<p>I want the loophole sealed tight .</p>
<p>If you want to enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a Bermudian , marry one .</p>
<p>Reform should start with a certificate of marriage .</p>
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		<title>By: Jus' Askin'</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436817</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jus' Askin']]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every case where someone was granted status, since Jan 1st 2013, should be investigated  ;-)  ;-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every case where someone was granted status, since Jan 1st 2013, should be investigated  <img src='https://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />   <img src='https://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Double S</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436812</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Double S]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only person who will be granted status is Rev. Tweed, who ironically was one of the ringleaders for the anti-immigration campaign.  He must be rewarded for the work he put in over the last few years.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only person who will be granted status is Rev. Tweed, who ironically was one of the ringleaders for the anti-immigration campaign.  He must be rewarded for the work he put in over the last few years.</p>
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		<title>By: O man</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/07/embrace-broader-issue-immigration-reform/#comment-3436798</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[O man]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully it&#039;s not too late]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully it&#8217;s not too late</p>
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