Dominican Republic Ready to Deport 10,000 Haitians a Week

Wait, you can deport foreigners from your country?

Well, that’s interesting, because I was told that once a foreigner enters your country he automatically “becomes you” and he can stay there forever committing crimes and living on welfare.

AP:

The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to 10,000 of them a week.

Government spokesman Homero Figueroa told reporters that the government took the decision after noticing an “excess” of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.

Figueroa said officials have seen an increase in Haitian migrants as a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to fight gang violence flounders. He said authorities also agreed to strengthen border surveillance and control, but he did not provide details.

Last year, the Dominican Republic deported more than 174,000 people it says are Haitians, and in the first half of the year, it has expelled at least 67,000 more.

Activists have long criticized the administration of President Luis Abinader for what they say are ongoing human rights violations of Haitians and those of Haitian descent born in the Dominican Republic. Abinader has denied any mistreatment.

I will have to incorporate this interesting new concept of “deportation” into my understanding of the world.

Haiti’s only hope is this guy