As promised, President Fern?ndez raised with President Clinton problems the DR sees in the current immigration policy of the U.S. and the negative effect upon Central American and Dominican economies and societies of massive U.S. deportations of aliens who have finished serving a criminal sentence. Clinton recognized the impact such deportations can have, and promised to use the full flexibility open to him under current law to stem the tide until Central American and Dominican economies can recover fully from the effects of the 1998 hurricanes. He said, however, that could by its nature only be a temporary measure, and that the problem really needs to be addressed through a legislative reform of current law. He promised that his Administration will submit a proposal for immigration reform that would address this and other issues.
