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Dominican Republic deportations and migrant clashes

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2026-07-26 22:58 UTC → 2026-07-28 22:24 UTC · added removed

Since the U.S. third‑country partnership framework began in April 2026, the Dominican Republic has intensified stepped up immigration crackdowns. enforcement. Nationwide operations in May and June detained thousands of irregular migrants and deported more than 9,000 people, 9,000, mainly through the border posts of Dajabón, El Ías Piña, Jimaní and Pedernales. On 14 July In mid‑July the army seized three Dominican nationals and intercepted 1,102 foreign nationals in irregular status, nationals, including 30 Haitian migrants. Subsequent incidents involved Haitians. Haitian migrants being were later detained in Valverde and Santiago Rodríguez, and a migration‑agency agent employee was accused of assaulting a Haitian teenager in Monte Plata. A video on 20 July showing a Haitian migrant handcuffed to a motorcycle in San Juan de la Maguana prompted triggered a DGM investigation. Two days later, later a Haitian attacker wielding a machete wounded a lieutenant colonel in Verón, Punta Cana; Verón; the officer’s return fire injured the migrant, who was taken to hospital and later died from gunshot wounds. Both the DGM and the Public Ministry opened investigations, and the officer underwent surgery. died. From 22 July through to 25 July, July raids intensified: two Dominican nationals Dominicans were arrested for transporting 11 Haitian migrants; Haitians; a cargo truck cargo‑truck driver was caught with 29 undocumented Haitians, including a minor. child. The Dirección General de Migración reported recorded 1,499 deportations via El Ías Piña in three days (51 % of the 2,935 expelled nationwide) and a total of 1,004 detainees that period, nationwide, with a peak of nearly 1,800 captures in a single 24‑hour span. The Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodged diplomatic protests seeking clarification, while Dominican authorities imposed travel bans on over 24 hours. Over 520,000 people faced travel bans pending legal cases. cases, and Haiti’s foreign ministry lodged diplomatic protests. On 28 July the DGM upgraded its inspection system (DOM‑02) to automatically compare passport photos with chip data, improving document fraud detection. In the same period police seized large quantities of marijuana, cocaine, slot machines and over 1,100 magnetic cards for credit‑card cloning. Interdiction operations detained 1,024 additional irregular migrants, the highest numbers in Dajabón (99) and Santo Domingo (85), who were later repatriated through the usual border posts.

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  1. 2026-07-28 22:24 UTC Dominican Republic deportations and migrant clashes
  2. 2026-07-26 22:58 UTC Dominican Republic deportations and migrant clashes
  3. 2026-07-25 21:24 UTC Dominican Republic deportations amid diplomatic protests

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