Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says that the Dominican Constitution is clear on the granting of Dominican citizenship.
However, he acknowledges that there were some people who were born in the country, going back perhaps as many as two or three generations, whose status needed to be changed for human reasons. He said that his office was working on the regulations required for this purpose. He also told reporters from El Nuevo Diario that these people, along with many undocumented Dominicans have to be able to obtain a personal identification card – the cedula.
The Dominican Constitution establishes that Dominicans are:
The sons and daughters of a Dominican mother or father. Anyone holding Dominican nationality before the effective date of this Constitution. Anyone born within the territory of the Dominican Republic, except children born to members of foreign diplomatic and consular missions, and foreigners who are “in transit” or reside illegally in Dominican territory. Anyone born in a foreign country to a Dominican father or mother has the right to at the age of eighteen go before the proper authority to choose dual nationality or relinquish one nationality. Anyone marrying a Dominican man or woman who chooses to fulfill requirements to apply for nationality. Also direct descendants of Dominicans residing in a foreign country and naturalized citizens who meet the legal requirements.
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