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DESCRIPTION:Stop the Illegal Deportation and Persecution of Haitian Immigrants In the 
 Dominican Republic!\n\n\n\nIn 2005, more than 20,000 people were rounded up 
 by Dominican authorities and deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. 
 Since the start of 2006, more than 15,000 have already been deported. Most 
 of them were undocumented Haitian immigrants. Some were also dark skinned 
 citizens. A number of parents and children were brutally separated. Haitian 
 immigrants have also been beaten, murdered, their houses burned down as an 
 anti-Haitian frenzy has been stirred up by ultra-nationalists. Haitian 
 immigrants in the DR are being scapegoated for the failed neo-liberal 
 policies of the Dominican government, which have caused rising poverty. We 
 say no to racist discrimination and persecution!\n\nHaiti’s governments 
 have failed to assist the newly arrived deportees and have allowed the 
 illegal and inhumane expulsions. Haiti’s governments are also complicit 
 in the pillage of that country’s resources by foreign powers and 
 Haiti’s elites, which has led to the massive exodus of Haitians. We say 
 no to social injustice!\n\nSince 1991, 20,000 to 30,000 Haitians have been 
 deported annually from the DR. There are an estimated 700,000 Haitian 
 immigrants in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican government claims that 
 the majority of them are “illegal.” The Dominican government violates 
 its own constitution by denying Dominican citizenship to children of 
 Haitian parentage born in the DR. As thousands of Haitian immigrant workers 
 are sent back to Haiti every year, thousands more are recruited across the 
 border to replenish the low-wage labor supply in agriculture and in 
 construction. The Dominican and Haitian governments are complicit in this 
 illegal trafficking. The collusion between big business and the governments 
 of both countries drives down wages on both sides of the island. Just as in 
 the US, these “illegal” workers are indispensable to the economy. Their 
 “illegal” status makes it more convenient to exploit them.\n\nWe demand 
 amnesty, legalization of status and the end to the persecution of 
 undocumented immigrants here in the United States, in the Dominican 
 Republic and everywhere.\n\nHelp stop the persecutions and mass 
 deportations!\n\nProtest Thursday December 7, 2006\n\nProtest the first 
 Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 6:30 pm in front of the Dominican 
 Consulate, Broadway bet. 43rd - 44th Streets\n\nContact the Dominican 
 Consulate in New York, phone: (212) 768-2480,81,82 & 83. Fax your protest 
 (or this flier) to the Dominican Consulate: (212) 768-2677. Tell them you 
 want the same rights for Haitians in the Republic that both Haitian and 
 Dominican immigrants expect here in the United States! Demand amnesty for 
 Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic!\n\nStop the Expulsions! Stop 
 the Persecutions!\n\nLong Live the Unity Between Dominican and Haitian 
 Workers!\n\nThe Grassroots Haiti Solidarity Committee • 
 info@grassrootshaiti.org\n\nDownload this leaflet at 
 www.grassrootshaiti.org and follow our links to more information on the 
 Haitian-Dominican human rights crisis\n\nFor more information, call 
 212-674-9499\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/04/18334924.php
SUMMARY:Solidarity with Haitian Immigrant Workers in the Dominican Republic
LOCATION:Dominican Consulate, 1501 Broadway Between 43rd & 44th Streets, New York 
 City
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/04/18334924.php
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