Jamaicans with dual citizenship have been shafted for many years. I was a green-card holder who was living in the United States for 16 years. I returned to Jamaica where I began teaching at a local public school. After putting in many years of service, I applied for study leave to further my education abroad. Two days before I left the island, I went to the Ministry of Education but a supervisor there did not have the decency to speak with me. Another person had to deliver the message that my application for study leave was denied because I was a green-card holder.

Why is it that Jamaicans don't use logic? After many years of living in greener pastures, I decided to return home to give back a portion of what God has blessed me with. I could have left Jamaica anytime but I decided to stay. The Ministry of Education would rather grant a Jamaican with no green card or other citizenships to study abroad but yet they don't return.

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Daryl Vaz, Danville Walker, Kenneth Rowe and all the others who have or had dual citizenship have the opportunity to be living abroad but they decided to stay in Jamaica for whatever reason. Kenneth Rowe is a citizen of Canada, which will now turn into an ugly case with the opposing party. But I commend these people in helping to build Jamaica.

If Jamaicans keep shafting people who have green cards or other citizenships, Jamaica will have a brain drain. People will have a hard time to return home because of this dual-citizenship controversy. If Jamaica recognises dual citizenship, why are those who obtain other citizenships treated like second-class citizens? What makes someone a Jamaican? Please amend the Constitution as quickly as possible.

I am, etc.,

David Augustus

blesstravel@live.com

Brooklyn, USA