El Caribe reports on United States ambassador Hans Hertell’s speech to Ibero-American University (Unibe) students in Santo Domingo yesterday, in which he listed the benefits of the forthcoming DR-CAFTA agreement, and said that by joining the treaty with the US and the Central American nations, the Dominican Republic “was entering an exclusive circle” by joining countries like Mexico, Canada, Australia, Chile and Singapore, all of which are engaged in trade agreements with the US. He said that DR-CAFTA was the most important agreement the Dominican Republic had entered into in the last few years. By doing so, the country would become more closely integrated with the US than ever, stated Hertell. Hoy focuses on another portion of the ambassador’s address, in which he said that the US would help the Dominican Republic control migration from Haiti. Hans Hertell told the students that the Dominican authorities did not have “a coherent migratory policy” and that the US would be offering some proposals for collaboration aimed at addressing the problem. He stated that some sectors in the country, most notably the building industry, actively provide incentives for increased illegal migration from Haiti by seeking out and employing Haitian workers. “This has to be tackled by the DR authorities. The only language you hear on building sites is Creole”, said Hertell, as quoted in Hoy. The ambassador was speaking during an event marking International Education Week.