So very true. A bit off topic but yesterday I had this very same discussion with my wife. It was about a restaurant we were in and I was out of my mind with stress. Enough said. Lol.
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Haha, my wife tells me this all the time. Too much time in the Military for me I guess.
Between the DR's failed war on drugs and the overstayers pumping thousands, if not millions of dollars, euros, yuan in to the local economy...
living down here has got to be really tough for some people.
SMH.
living down here has got to be really tough for some people.
SMH.
In fairness to Windy, I get the same way over the tards at EDEestupido. Also at the alleged drivers on the road. Something has to grind your gears.
Of the operations carried out this month, 29 were in Greater Santo Domingo, 15 in Santiago, 9 in Puerto Plata, 8 in La Vega, 13 in Dajabón, 14 in Elías Piña, 11 in Independencia, 12 in Pedernales, 9 in Azua and 15 in La Altagracia. The majority of those detained were of Haitian nationality (98.8%) and the rest were from Ghana, Saint Lucia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Trinidad, China and Venezuela.
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The irony that so many people who are shouting "throw them out" are gringos without residency is not lost on me. It is a shame that immigration law is not applied universally.
I'm not one of those yelling, except for the criminals. But you have to know it's about money. We spend and the Haitians don't spend near as much. They also avail themselves of govt services earmarked for citizens/voters.
When you are illegally in a country, and the country lets you stay you keep under the radar, but there is a certain segment of the Haitian diaspora that are loud and constantly complaining about being mistreated and calling their hosts racists....etc.
A real shame indeed 😂😂😂
Having residency doesn't change my attitude about overstayers at all. They contribute more than their fair share to
the local economies, probably more than I'm giving them credit for as most are constantly being overcharged by the locals
at a standard practice of double the actual price. That's a fact.
As an American, Americans (specifically) should be allowed to stay here for as long as they choose given the amount of US taxpayer
dollars this country has been given, not to mention all of the FREE BENEFITS provided to Dominicans across the USA from free food
to healthcare to education to housing. Dominicans are not suffering in America by any stretch of the imagination.
At the same time, I've never heard of any gringos sneaking across the border from Haiti without a valid form of ID and if I ever do,
you better believe I'll be posting about it here on DR1.
There some very well to do Haitians in the DR. Some of our Haitians students come from money.
We Americans have been floating the bill for many years and we're tired of
being disrespected by people who wouldn't exist had it not been for our
blood, sweat, tears and hard earned money.
The word for today is "gratitude".
Perhaps it's time you started showing some.
Think of all the money foreigners are pouring into the construction industry here, not to mention all the money they spend afterwards, and probably 90% of them are illegal overstayers every winter. Deport them? You gotta be kidding.
It is so uncommon, I never heard of it happening once. Note, that did not mean it never happened. Just that I never heard of it. I know pleanty of toursit card people that live here full time illegally.
The DR government does not care what people from tourist card countries do. Years ago they created the extra legal work around of exit fines. The ruling party has changed since then a few times and they kept that work around in place. They don't care.
You cannot prove it was solely for overstaying a tourist card. At least you have to so far. Others have responded many times that such a person did something else incorrectly in the DR and they used the most expediente way to get them out.
Was it illegal for Migración to take them from a church? No. There’s nothing in Dominican law that protects churches as off-limits. Migración can go wherever they want if someone is undocumented.
And as for letting people stay on private property—technically it could be seen as helping them avoid the law, but let’s be real: in the DR, there are no laws when you have no cash. Everything depends on who you are and what you can pay. Justice here isn’t about right or wrong—it’s about who has power and money.