NYU report finds mass deportations of Haitians in Dominican Republic violate international law, target Black residents.

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader has made deportation of Haitians the centerpiece of his government policy, with an ambitious target – 10,000 deportations a week.

Agamise Cheranfant hides as soon as he finishes his work at a banana plantation in the Dominican Republic. Like many others, he is Haitian, undocumented, and lives in constant fear of deportation.

In June 2025, public hospitals recorded a total of 5,072 births. Of these, 4,170 (82.2%) were to Dominican mothers, while 885 (17.4%) were to Haitian mothers. These figures closely mirror those from ...

President Luis Abinader accused Amnesty International of lacking the moral authority to comment on the decisions and measures ...

The Trump administration is putting an end to Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status designation, dealing yet another devastating blow to roughly a half-million Haitian nationals, some of whom have lived ...

Agamise Cheranfant hides as soon as he finishes his work at a banana plantation in the Dominican Republic. Like many others, he is Haitian, undocumented, and lives in constant fear of deportation ...