Senators would be studied before it was acted on, Chief Immigration Officer Mr. Neville Smith said yesterday.

Yesterday, Mr. Sanders Frith-Brown delivered to the Immigration Department a $90 cheque and a list of 18 names whose Bermudian status he wanted to challenge.

Under the recently-passed Bermudian Status by Birth or Grant Register Act, a name that appears on the new register of Bermudians can be challenged for a $5 fee.

Mr. Frith-Brown's list includes all 15 PLP MPs and three PLP Senators.

In a letter accompanying the list, the restorer of traditional Bermudian homes said he was angered over recently having to substantiate his own status at the Civil Air Terminal. He was also disgusted with the United Bermuda Party Government's "status witch hunt'' in response to the "blatant racism'' of the PLP.

Mr. Smith told The Royal Gazette Mr. Frith-Brown's letter was the third his Department had received objecting to a name on the register, but the first to list "multiple names.'' The objections would be examined to determine their "validity,'' he said.

"The arguments the person presents, the facts and details,'' would be examined, he said. "It may well be that I or one of my assistants will have to go back to (Mr. Frith-Brown) to collect other details.'' Depending on the nature of the objection, it may or may not be necessary to contact those whose rights to appear on the list are being challenged, he said.

"It will be dealt with as fairly and as quickly as possible.'' Mr. Frith-Brown said he wants each investigated fully and he "would not be surprised'' if one or more of the PLP members could not prove they were Bermudian. "I would say that a number of the PLP membership have strong West Indian connections,'' he said.

"People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.'' He said he believed the PLP felt only blacks could be Bermudians.

If any of the PLP members could not prove they were Bermudians, he wanted Government to expedite the granting of their status. But he also wanted them to know how he felt when he was challenged at the Airport.