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Good Comfort singer Shenseea is calling on Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris to help facilitate a higher visa success rate among Jamaicans since she is of the same descent.
Shenseea, who moved to the United States a few years ago, made the cheeky request during a visit to Belize over the weekend.
“Umm, Miss Kamala Harris, since mi just see a video that you’re actually of Jamaican descent, mi just a beg yuh one likkle favour: free up di visa fi wi deh,” she said in a video that was posted to her social media.
She added that she knows how taxing it is to be refused a United States visa.
“Free up di visa likkle bit deh. I mean, mi memba when mi a try get visa, and mi get turn down one time and dat did just traumatizing fi me. Yeah. We like di sand, wi like di beaches, wi like di palm trees— but right yah now, wi waan see some snow! Just free up di visa fi di people dem.”
Harris, who is the Democratic nominee challenging Donald Trump for the presidency following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race, has paternal roots in Jamaica.
Her father, Donald J Harris, was born on the island, while her four-times-paternal-great-grandfather Hamilton Brown had emigrated to Jamaica in the 18th century while it was still a British colony. He named Brown’s Town in St. Ann after himself, and is buried in the interior of St Mark’s Anglican Church.
Social media users joked that most, if not all, Jamaicans would leave the island if US visas were more accessible.
“That time nobody nah deh Jamaica 😂😂😂,” one person said.
“Jamaica would a turn white and US black… corner shop fi kill 😂,” said another user.
Meanwhile, other Instagram users mentioned the similarity between Harris’ grandmother’s name and the Hurricane Jamaica experienced at the beginning of July.
“This lady grandmother name Beryl… a sign this,” read one comment.
Another added, “ Beryl? Yuh never see smoke without fire.”
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