🚪 SWANK Dispatch: Immigration Banged on the Side of My House, Then Sat in a Field and Took Photos
🗓️ 26 August 2021
Filed Under: immigration misconduct, privacy breach, unannounced visit, family disruption, government intimidation, surveillance abuse, home education interference, digital class disruption, administrative coercion, TCI overreach
“I was in class.
My kids were studying.
And your officers were banging on the side of my house like debt collectors
and photographing my house like it was a crime scene.”
— A Mother Who Does Everything at Home and Was Still Not Left Alone
In this sharp letter to William L. Mills, Director of Registration and Citizenship in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Polly Chromatic makes a formal protest against an unannounced and invasive immigration visit on the morning of 26 August 2021.
🧾 I. What Happened
Immigration officials arrived without notice
They began banging on the side of the house, calling her phone repeatedly
She was in the middle of an online university class and could not answer
After leaving, they sat in the field across the street photographing her house
Her husband was told: “This is part of the process”
But during their previous interview, they were told “the process was complete”
🏡 II. Why It Matters
Polly works, studies, teaches, and heals entirely from home
Her family life is tightly structured around education, wellness, and stability
This incident not only breached personal privacy, but disrupted education, violated boundaries, and reinstated fear under the guise of bureaucratic process
✉️ III. What She Asked For
That future visits be by appointment only
That immigration staff respect private and family life
That she not be treated as if her home is a surveillance target
SWANK Summary:
When a mother says, “You’re welcome here — just ask,”
and your staff chooses banging, calling, and stalking instead,
you’ve exited the realm of immigration
and entered the terrain of intimidation.