Shyne Barrow is coming home to Belize; he is expected to be deported
from New York soon – that’s what US media reports say. Leading hip-hop
radio station in New York Hot 97 reports that their news director communicated
with Shyne who said that he believes he'll be relocated to Belize soon, where
he will then continue to fight for a pardon from New York's Governor David Paterson.
A spokesman for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement told MTV News Shyne
is being held for violation of an immigration law, but he would not identify
which law. So, according to those reports, he’s coming home, but we could
not get comment from his family spokesperson in Belize Housing Minister Michael
Finnegan. He says they are still waiting for information from Shyne’s
chief strategist Professor Charles Ogletree.
But in the event of a deportation, which appears imminent, Shyne does
have a home waiting in Belize. Two weeks ago when he was first released, Finnegan
said that in the event of a deportation, Shyne is prepared to re-locate to the
Caribbean, and specifically, his house on Goldson Avenue.
[October 6th 2009]
Michael Finnegan, Uncle of Shyne Barrow
“If he is even deported back to Belize he can work and operate out
of Europe. He doesn’t have to operate out of the United States. He isn’t
poor. If you notice, if you pass by my house, you’ll notice that you will
see construction going up in my yard. That is his alternative. It is his money
that is being spent there, my sister’s and his money, that is being spent
there. It is a studio like thing that is being put there. If what they want
to succeed in doesn’t work, then there is an alternative. He wants to
have an immediate access to something. When he comes here he says doesn’t
want no land from government. If he has to come here he wants to buy his own
land, he has his own money, because he has money and he wants to do his own
thing, do everything. But he wants an alternative and you know dah me raise
ah. So if he has to come back home, he will come back to Goldson Avenue where
he start out from which is my home.”
That was two weeks ago, and today Finnegan would not comment on US
media reports that Shyne’s deportation is imminent. He would only say
that the family is awaiting updates from their legal strategist.
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