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According to the decision, Dominicans born after 1929 to parents who are not of Dominican ancestry are to have their citizenship revoked. The ruling affects an estimated 250,000 Dominican people of Haitian descent, including many who have had no personal connection with Haiti for several generations.
Imagine the international outrage that the U.S would get from Latin Americans and the rest of the world if we decided to take the rights of citizenship from all "anchor babies", or anyone descended from illegal immigrants? Can you imagine the protests?
...and look what they are doing in their own countries!
NYC is filled with illegal Dominicans, and I'm sure the same Dominicans who want the U.S government to have sympathy for them, agree with this decision made in the D.R.
Look at what they're saying in the comment section:
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There will always be problems between both country however, DR is doing the right thing. This does not mean that DR will not support Haiti, they will do so but in HAITI
jherrera3
I'm sure this scumbag here ^^, lives in the U.S, and has questionable immigration status.
I have no more sympathy for them.
Latin Americans don't practice with they preach! Even Mexico deports it's illegals.
Look at this!:
Imagine the international outrage that the U.S would get from Latin Americans and the rest of the world if we decided to take the rights of citizenship from all "anchor babies", or anyone descended from illegal immigrants? Can you imagine the protests?
...and look what they are doing in their own countries!
NYC is filled with illegal Dominicans, and I'm sure the same Dominicans who want the U.S government to have sympathy for them, agree with this decision made in the D.R.
Very sad and ugly business. Basically the Dominicans pathologize Haitians as the cause of crime, etc in the DR. How do they determine if one is Haitian? Based on skin color and facial feature, not your actual place of birth.
It is our issue. The DR is an American territory whose citizens have legal status in America.
SMH
You are confusing the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
It's a heartless policy to deport third generation immigrants, and even as someone who wants stronger enforcement against illegal immigrants here I would be horrified and opposed if our government went this far, but at the end of the day we don't have any right to interfere in their country. This is an issue for DR and Haiti, not team America world police.
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Originally Posted by Tritone
I would actually support extreme measures, like threatening the legal status of Every Dominican in the U.S, unless they don't reverse the decision.
If dominicans think this is right, they can go back to the D.R.. Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz and all of them...
Two wrongs don't make a right. Heck, if you're talking about legal immigrants and their kids this is even worse than what DR is doing.
Very sad and ugly business. Basically the Dominicans pathologize Haitians as the cause of crime, etc in the DR. How do they determine if one is Haitian? Based on skin color and facial feature, not your actual place of birth.
It is racial cleansing.
The American government should stop this.
Uh; most Dominicans ARE "Black" too. Tho most of them deny it. We just need to stay OUT of it AND deport any Haitian or Dominican in the US illegally.
You are confusing the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
It's a heartless policy to deport third generation immigrants, and even as someone who wants stronger enforcement against illegal immigrants here I would be horrified and opposed if our government went this far, but at the end of the day we don't have any right to interfere in their country. This is an issue for DR and Haiti, not team America world police.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Heck, if you're talking about legal immigrants and their kids this is even worse than what DR is doing.
That depends. If the DR had "birthright" citizenship say up till 1980 then ended it, IMHO the DR needs to leave those people of Haitian family alone who were BORN in the DR 1979 or back.
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