Haitians in the Dominican Republic fear deportation on a daily basis

Dominican Soldiers - the Armed Forces of Dominican Republic have about 44,000 active-duty personnel and they have work to do compared to Haiti

"I simply cannot afford go to Haiti right now," a young Haitian living illegally in Santo Domingo told us. His wife and son live in Haiti and he is trying to earn a living across the border to send money back home.

Every morning he wakes up to go to work on a construction site and every morning his friends are worried that he will not be coming back.

A few days ago, Dominican police and immigration officers came to the barrio (neighborhood) where he lives and loaded up many pickup with Haitians living illegally to be sent back to Haiti.

Lucky for this young man, he went to work earlier that day. It is a constant stress, he said, "but I need the money. I cannot find a job back home, so I have to continue living this way across the border. I have to feed my family."

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