• Nonresidents and residents should come to an agreement that proves that nonresidents are needed here and that without them our lives would be affected.
• All problems that can be corrected by a regulatory agency should not be used as testimony as it invites more negative thoughts.
• Changes require a lot of things. That is why nonresidents should tell us, the people of the CNMI, why they want to stay with us and become one of us so that we can welcome them to stay here, our homeland. All of us must apologize for our mistakes and help make them right.
• Testimony that applies to one person is not enough to prove you deserve to be welcomed here.
• For example, this company provides this service to the community and that employer is the only one that is providing this service and if his nonresident workers leave the CNMI, his company would not be able to function until his workers are replaced, which takes time.
• 90 percent of the residents agree to have nonresidents as residents.
• Local residents are given enough proof to welcome the nonresidents and at least 99 percent of the outcomes are to our liking.
• Other issues such as human rights, culture and future safety should be carefully look into, so that proofs of fairness are provided among both parties.
• Laws should be in place to protect CNMI Chamorro and Carolinian assets and culture.
Those are some of my thoughts that I feel is fair. Do you?
WINNIE ATALIG
San Jose Tinian
