- Thread starter Dolores
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New Migration director pledges to uphold the law to benefit foreigners and Dominicans
A lot of those who will be deported are only trying to work hard for a better life. As I consider the current construction work being done in my neighborhood, I wonder who will fill that labor pool if it is depleted? Gotta be honest, I don't see any young Dominican men doing that work. Doesn't mean those who are here illegally should be allowed to remain, but there is another side of the coin.
Some are trying to justify illegal aliens in the DR by stating that they "entered" the DR legally.
There is no logic behind such an argument for someone who is not a legal resident since they have no rights to remain
indefinitely.
They may have entered on a work visa, a tourist card, a student visa, or other visa which has defined periods for being legal.
When those visas or time periods are up, the government has every right not to renew such visas and to deport those that remain illegally.
There is no logic behind such an argument for someone who is not a legal resident since they have no rights to remain
indefinitely.
They may have entered on a work visa, a tourist card, a student visa, or other visa which has defined periods for being legal.
When those visas or time periods are up, the government has every right not to renew such visas and to deport those that remain illegally.
Hopefully the government will also prosecute those that take such bribes. Otherwise the deportations are pointless if people just boomerang back over and over again.
The other side of the coin is to grant work visas and go through the proper procedures.
I very much doubt that anyone in police or Immigration who take a bribe will be prosecuted. It's a big business!
That might be because right now additional workers are not needed(?). if there are not enough workers to do all the construction jobs, that could change.
The money to pay those bribes could dry up. There are 2 other people I know who are here and have been deported. I helped each of them with $ when they were deported. I won't do it again.
I was in Super Pola in Sosua two weeks ago and some Migración officers entered and asked two Haitians that were shopping there for documents. They didn't have any and they were arrested.
Not as many Haitians for sure, but I've seen Dominicans doing construction work. I think the issue is pay. I'd be willing to bet that many of the Haitians are not even receiving the legal minimum wage.
This is exactly what is needed. Dominican businesses need to demand a workable Work Visa program.
Those that entered on such visas were assured that they could be renewed here in the DR. And they were for a number of years. There are some who feel that the decision to arbitrarily cancel that renewal process (with NO advance notice} was pandering for votes during the runup to the election. I'm not sure I fully agree with that, but it certainly feels mean-spirited to me.
I've been saying it for years
(so Mr. Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester if you are listening)
it would benefit the Dominican Republic a great deal if Immigration Officers were working/
rounding up these undocumented Haitians at night from 7pm to 7am as these are the ones
who are doing most the bad things like stealing, robbing, dealing drugs and pimping underage girls.
On fb my wife sawt he police taking a haitian woman who had 3 children in school. The neighbors were pleading with the police not to take her.
It seems like a poor sense of priorities.
If there are 14,000 haitians working on bananna fsrms it would make sense to issue easy 1 year working permits and collect some taxes. They must need these workers.
It seems like a poor sense of priorities.
If there are 14,000 haitians working on bananna fsrms it would make sense to issue easy 1 year working permits and collect some taxes. They must need these workers.
Situations change for political and business reasons. The government decided not to renew such visas. And so it goes.
Corruption at the border has always been an issue with border guards allowing people to get into the DR for a small fee.
It is a difficult issue to solve.
Employing illegal aliens without penalty for the employers is another issue that should be enforced properly which would greatly reduce the motivation of illegals to be in the DR.
But the DR government has not been renewing work visas according to those in the know in this thread.
And the promise has been made to deport 10, 000 illegals each week which will take more than 2 years before even most of the illegals are deported.
They have to deport all illegals and not provide special treatment. The priority is deportation.