The government of the United States has deported 66,669 Dominicans in the past 23 years, an average of 2,890 per year. A study from the National Migration Institute expects the numbers of deportees to increase.
The increase is expected given a new interpretation of the migratory policy under the Trump administration, which calls for the strengthening of control mechanisms for irregular migration and the broadening of circumstances that can be claimed as grounds for deportation of permanent residents in the USA. Most of those deported did not have criminal track records in the US, according to a study of the deported since 1994.
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El Nacional
14 July 2017
