The Diario Libre newspaper carries the headline that the United States is disgusted with the Mejia government because of its inability to control illegal immigration. Meetings much too private for the details to be made public between Ambassador Hans Hertell and President Mejia are rumored to have ended in bitter discussion. The former complacent attitude of Ambassador Hertell is seen to have transmuted to one of strong criticism of various government policies. During meetings held last week with members of the PLD party, the ambassador and other members of the diplomatic mission opened up on several points in connection with what they called ?the inefficiency of the policies designed to control illegal immigration.? They criticized the ?passive? attitude of President Mejia in the face of the revocation of the travel visa of Miguel Vasquez, at the time of the revocation director of immigration. The revocation was taken as a tacit accusation that Vasquez had participated in the trafficking of illegal migrants. However, the Dominican Republic was removed from the ?black list? of countries that allowed human traffic or did very little to stop it. The country is not on the ?watch list, Category II.? The US furthermore complained about consular officials that were officially posted to one area but lived in another. One case in point was the New York consular official that lived with his wife in Miami. The US Consul General, Mary Marshall, pointed out that the government had appointed consular officials without the requisite accreditation process. She pointed out that there are 23 people in Boston assigned to the consulate, but only one is accredited. The most recent report from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) showed that the Dominican Republic served as a bridge for drugs coming from South America as well as a control center for such activities. Dominicans are being cited as the leaders in the business of transporting drugs to Puerto Rico and the northeast of the Caribbean, as well as the United States.