Santo Domingo.- The government of the Dominican Republic on Wednesday issued a temporary residency permit to Juliana Dequis Pierre, whose parents are undocumented Haitians, as the first step within the nationwide plan to regularize foreigners living in the country illegally.
The measure stems from the ruling which has fueled protests in Miami, Port-au-Prince and San Juan, while in Mexico, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hears testimony from alleged Dominicans who say they were expelled because of their Haitian origin.
Immigration Agency director José R. Taveras made the announcement, and noted that the measure complies with paragraph four of the Constitutional Court ruling of two weeks ago, which has since unleashed fallout locally and abroad, by groups which rebuke it as racist.