Senator Rafael de Jesus Jiménez (PRD-Dajabón) says that all Haitians that are deported during the day return to the DR at night. Dajabón is a province on the frontier with Haiti. He said, "There is no way to stop them until there is a bilateral agreement and Haiti improves its social and economic situation. "If you pass by the frontier fields or the highways at night you will see long lines of Haitians with children rapidly crossing the frontier to get into the DR," he said. He said that hunger in Haiti forces the Haitians to move to the DR. He said the DR cannot bear the burden of thousands of impoverished Haitians. More than half of the Haitian population older than 15 years cannot read or write, unemployment is estimated at more than 60%, and the World Bank shows annual per capita income is said to be US$410, with most of the population living in extreme poverty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Senator Rafael de Jesus Jiménez (PRD-Dajabón) says that all Haitians that are deported during the day return to the DR at night. Dajabón is a province on the frontier with Haiti. He said, "There is no way to stop them until there is a bilateral agreement and Haiti improves its social and economic situation. "If … <\/p>\n