This is a very diffucult situation to determine...
If the Haitians come over illegally, it does not seem fair to grant them citizenship, as they are Haitian, obviously...
However, if they have children in the R.D., and they are illegally in the R.D, the children should have at least Haitian citizenship, however most of the children born from Haitian descent are given no citizenship and considered non-persons.
Now, if a Haitian is brought over to cut sugar cane by a Dominican, the government or the mafia, whoever brings them over, they are brought to work for the most part full-time in the R.D., they thus live there, if they are working. Most individuals are brought over and stripped of there citizenship upon arrival. They live in the R.D. for 5 years, 10 years, even there entire life and as any normal person would, have children. Now, the children are considered non-persons because there parents are of Haitian decent, meanwhile there parents were brought here to work and to live? This does not make any sense. They were born in the R.D., live there and will most likely spend there entire life in the R.D. I consider them a citizen. They are much more Dominican, than they are Haitian, they do not know the culture in Haiti, they know the culture in the Domincan Repuclic.
Now, if the children of the Haitian people brought to the R.D, have children of their own, what are they considered, non persons as well because the parents of their parents are from Haiti? When does the cycle stop? When does it change from being a Haitian, to a non-citizen, to a citizen of R.D? Generations, after generations of individuals live in the R.D. with Haitian blood. When is the point that they become non-citizens to citizens? Are there set guidelines for this? Generations, and generations of non-citizens, just increases the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and decreases any chance of getting a job in which individuals of Haitian descent who live in the R.D. can contribute to the country and move away from the cycle.
When does the cycle switch over from Haitian nationality to Dominican nationality?
I guess, I can't really answer the question asked, but I believe that if an individual is born in the R.D, there has to be a point in their lives in the R.D, that they become a citizen, as they are living there on the land and working. Without citizenship, there is not many opportunities, whether it is Haitian or Dominican.
I hope this made sense....