Minister Audrey Marks Denies Initiating Third Country National (TCN) MOU, Says Proposal Originated with US
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Minister Audrey Marks said media reports wrongly conflated the proposed Third Country National (TCN) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a separate proposal she developed in 2025 to recruit skilled foreign workers to Jamaica.
She said the Third Country National (TCN) arrangement originated with the United States, which approached Jamaica in January 2026.
Minister Marks denied initiating the proposal, suggested the controversy was intended to damage her reputation, and said she supported the MOU only as part of the Cabinet-approved process.
She also suggested the controversy was intended to damage her reputation.
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