Migration director says construction workers need to adhere to the law

[Dolores]

Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester / Diario Libre

The director of the Migration Agency, Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester says that exceptions cannot be made for construction workers to the law that establishes the rules for applying for Dominican residence and work permits.

Asociacion Dominicana de Constructores y Promotores de Viviendas (Acoprovi), the association that groups constructors, wants flexible deals to regularize their workers, estimated at 87,000. Most of these seeking to regularize their status are Haitians who have not secured paperwork in Haiti to regularize their status in the Dominican Republic under Migration Law 285-04.

Migration director Lee Ballester insists that any solution coming from the talks with the builders has to comply with the Migration Law.

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[windeguy]

And how will this be enforced? It would be a major step in controlling illegals in the DR while adhering to the law, but good luck with this.

 

[CristoRey]

And how will this be enforced? It would be a major step in controlling illegals in the DR while adhering to the law, but good luck with this.

In order for this to ever work, Dominicans (who work along the border) will have to start following the law first.

 

[windeguy]

In order for this to ever work, Dominicans (who work along the border) will have to start following the law first.

If people that hire illegals are not penalized, then the border crossings will be a way to a better situation.
If illegals cannot get such illegal work, they will not survive in the DR and that will relieve the pressure on the border.