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11-28-2006, 05:30 PM
Dr. Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has made it clear that the JCE will not allow the children of illegal Haitians born in the country to be declared as Dominican citizens. The new JCE head, speaking in Diario Libre, said that his organization would fulfill the requirements of Law 659, which states that a person declaring a child must present a 'cedula' identification card. Guzman added that a Haitian citizen is considered Haitian, regardless of where they were born, and continued by saying that children of Haitian citizens who were born in the Dominican Republic can easily go to the Haitian embassy or consulates and register their children there. This issue is highlighted by a report in El Caribe newspaper that says that of the estimated 1,400,000 Haitians in the country, only 25,000 have documentation. The report, which looks at both sides of the Haitian subject, reports that almost 65% of Haitians in the DR are here illegally. The report also points out that of the 26,224 foreign-born laborers in the country, 65% are Haitian. In 2006 12,067 illegal Haitians were deported, an increase from 2005 and 2004 when 11,610 and 2,473 were deported.
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