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June 18, 2015

Dominican Officials Warn Haitian Workers of Deportation After Deadline Passes 
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A deadline has passed in the Dominican Republic for undocumented workers
of Haitian descent to register their presence or risk mass deportation.
Half a million people could be sent to Haiti under a ruling that
stripped the citizenship of children born to Haitian immigrants in the
Dominican Republic as far back as 1929, retroactively leaving tens of
thousands stateless. On Wednesday, people lined up across the country to
register before a midnight deadline. State officials say they will begin
patrolling migrant neighborhoods to look for those who have not signed
up. The Dominican Republic's decision to denationalize hundreds of
thousands of people has sparked an international outcry.

 

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