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Local January 27, 2015 | 8:21 am

Army’s Operation Shield stops 22,608 illegal aliens at border

Santo Domingo.- The Army on Monday announced the deployment of 600 additional troops to the Dominican Republic-Haiti border area, to bolster Operation Shield.

It also reported the arrest of 22,608 foreigners trying to cross the border illegally, including Haitians, Chinese, Cubans, Nigerians and Pakistanis, who were handed over to the Immigration Agency for deportation.

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