An article in yesterday's Listin Diario says how of the 288,467 people that registere in the regularization plan ordered by the sentence 168-13 and later by the law 169-14, a whopping 260,241 had their illegal immigration status regularized as legal immigrants (legal residents.) Of those regularized by the Dominican government, 97% didn't qualify for such. In essence, the government of Danilo Medina was regularizing Haitians that were not able to supply the necessary documents proving things such as strong ties to Dominican society, length of time they had been living in the DR, etc. Only 7,834 people actually qualified to be regularized.
It's believed that the reason the Danilo Medina government decided to regularize so many Haitians that didn't qualify was due to domestic and international pressure (NGOs, etc.)
In addition, the requirement after receiving the regularization was to register with the Ministerio de Interior y Policía, which none did. It also states that if after 6 months from the day of regularization the beneficiary don't register with the Ministerio de Interior y Policía, it will automatically void the regularization. Basically, without that final step the person remains as an illegal immigrant.
I remember when here on DR1 some members were criticizing Danilo Medina and his government supposedly for being anti-Haitian. In response to that I commented that among Dominicans the criticism was the opposite, that Danilo Medina et al are pro-Haitians. In fact, his name was often mocked as Danile Medine, referring to a very common tendency among Haitian creole speakers to incorrectly say some words in Spanish, many times appearing they add sn extra 'e' at the end.
Would an anti-Haitian resort to regularizing hundreds of thousands of Haitians that didn't comply with one of the most basic requirements such as show strong ties to Dominican society?
It's believed that the reason the Danilo Medina government decided to regularize so many Haitians that didn't qualify was due to domestic and international pressure (NGOs, etc.)
In addition, the requirement after receiving the regularization was to register with the Ministerio de Interior y Policía, which none did. It also states that if after 6 months from the day of regularization the beneficiary don't register with the Ministerio de Interior y Policía, it will automatically void the regularization. Basically, without that final step the person remains as an illegal immigrant.
I remember when here on DR1 some members were criticizing Danilo Medina and his government supposedly for being anti-Haitian. In response to that I commented that among Dominicans the criticism was the opposite, that Danilo Medina et al are pro-Haitians. In fact, his name was often mocked as Danile Medine, referring to a very common tendency among Haitian creole speakers to incorrectly say some words in Spanish, many times appearing they add sn extra 'e' at the end.
Would an anti-Haitian resort to regularizing hundreds of thousands of Haitians that didn't comply with one of the most basic requirements such as show strong ties to Dominican society?
