DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Santiago Rodriguez senator and transport czar Antonio Marte again calls for the Abinader administration to put a stop to the apparent business of selling visas to Haitians.

“We are not on the right track. That is a big business that visa, and everybody qualifies. If everyone qualifies for the visa, we are really going to fill this country with Haitian immigrants,” Marte said speaking during Wednesday’s session of the Dominican Senate.

For Marte, it is necessary to stop the issuance of uncontrolled visas to citizens of the neighboring country and to create a commission in charge of purging those who request such service.

“It worries me. I have said on several occasions that the visa to Haitians should be paralyzed, that they should come here, apply for these visas and that there should be a commission in charge of purging those who apply for them,” he said, as reported in...