Former Migration Director José Ricardo Taveras says that Art. 15 of the Migration Law 285-04 reads that foreigners with criminal records are banned from legal entry to the country. He made the comment when interviewed by Héctor Herrera Cabral for D´Agenda on Channel 11 on Sunday, 25 November 2018. He was referring to the government authorization for Cuban drug capo Willie Falcon to be authorized to “transitory residence” in the country. The presence of Falcon was known after media in Miami published the news two weeks after he had arrived on 6 November together with Dominicans deported for having committed crimes in the United States. He said that Falcon managed the cocaine cartel in Miami at a time when that city suffered from peak levels of crime.
Taveras said the case of Willie Falcón, cannot be compared to that transitory residence authorized to members of the Spanish ETA group.
The admitting of Willie Falcon has been highly criticized in the Dominican Republic.
Orlando Espinosa, president of the Interior & Police Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, last week also criticized the Ministry of Foreign Relations negotiating visa free entry for persons from El Salvador. “The Dominican Republic has become a waste disposal site,” he said. He criticized orders for Congress to approve the visa free entry with El Salvador. “The initiative was not allowed to be examined by the security agencies, instead a “machete” order was lowered for its approval,” he complained. “When the Salvadorans gangs get going here, then there will be protests,” the legislator said in a tone of complaint.
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26 November 2018
