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Amnesty International (AI) has urged the Dominican government to immediately cease its mass expulsions of Haitians and to repeal a newly implemented protocol that ties access to health services with deportation. Effective Monday, immigration inspectors and agents began verifying patients’ identification, work letters, proof of residence, and payment status in 33 of 15 designated hospitals. Those unable to comply receive care but are deported once medically stable.
On the first day, 87 pregnant or laboring Haitian women were detained under this policy, part of President Luis Abinader’s April 6 package of 15 measures targeting irregular immigration. Abinader had warned undocumented Haitians to “leave voluntarily” or face repatriation.
Ana Piquer, AI’s Americas director, condemned the system as a violation of the right to health, dehumanizing migrants and deterring them from seeking care. She called instead for the government to combat racial discrimination, guarantee international protection for those in need, and uphold a stigma‑free environment.
AI also highlighted that these measures flout the Dominican Republic’s international obligations and its constitutional guarantee of free, universal healthcare. Since October 2024, over 180,000 deportations—largely of Haitians—have occurred, amounting to collective expulsions prohibited under international law. Amnesty called on Dominicans to reject what it terms “cruel and racist” policies.
Again, this is a law that applies to ANY illegal foreigner. Sadly, Illegal Haitian immigrants are by far the worst offenders; therefore, more Haitians will be deported than any other nationality. The Dominican taxpayer can’t continue to be burdened by the Haitian crisis. If Amnesty International cares so much about the crisis (they don’t), they should find a source (U.S.A., France, Canada, Spain, etc) themselves? To fund these services in Haiti instead of trying to force an innocent country into a forced economic burden to a CRISIS IT DID NOT CREATE. It’s disgusting and shameful at this level to still have Dominican talking heads in favor of continuing the abuse. As Dominicans, we must unite and support the government in its actions against this passive invasion. Stay firm in the face of all these whiners who will make more articles but not spend a dime on the Haitian crisis.
All they have to do is build a few hospitals in the Haiti side, it won’t even cost them more than 50 million to do, that’s nothing for the US, France, Spain, Europe. The question is why don’t they build those hospitals?
If it’s security, hire a private security force.
The cost will still be low.
who are these people to demand anything? why dont they go fix hai ti?
1) Start a guest worker program
2) Build a nice hospital on the border and treat them with dignity, but after the care is done, send them back with a small care package for the baby/injury
3) Spend millions on a PR firm to improve DR image in the world. that money NEEDS to be spent
4) Focus/Speak up loud on all illegals, not just Haitians, so that the world doesn’t think it’s a “Racist” Issue
Why should DR take in the illegals when other countries won’t?
Punish the illegal criminals and put them in jail, while treating the unfortunate illegals with dignity and helping them go back. But at the end of the DR has a horrible PR campaign, if they have any….