Abel Martinez, the mayor of Santiago who has been engaged for several months in the liberation of sidewalks and public spaces of the city, illegally occupied by our compatriots, said this week that the town hall will continue to chase, arrest and expel from its streets all Haitians in irregular migration situations who occupy sidewalks, public squares and other places for the purpose of illegal informal business activities, impeding the movement of vehicles and pedestrians with their carts recalling "It is totally forbidden for undocumented foreigners to be in the streets of Santiago to sell clothes, food or any other items."

Similarly, Mayor Martinez recalled that the law forbids sleeping at night in the streets and parks of Santiago and that he will continue to control, arrest and deport all Haitians in an irregular situation, especially those who violate the law.

Note that conflicts between Haitians and residents of Santiago are common and have really increased in violence from 2011 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2035-haiti-social-haitians-from-santiago-repatriates-starting-from-january-6th-2011.html

Since then, the town hall has no ceased to try to regain control of the city and free the city center which was invaded by a large number of Haitians. Recall that last July out of 451 Haitians controlled, more than 85% were in irregular migration and were deported to Haiti

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25105-haiti-dr-more-80-of-haitians-controlled-in-santiago-illegal.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-25004-icihaiti-social-our-compatriots-stalked-relentlessly-in-dr.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24658-icihaiti-dr-inspectors-of-dominican-migration-attacked-by-haitians.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24224-haiti-dr-hundreds-of-haitians-arrested-in-santiago-and-deported.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23522-haiti-flash-more-than-250-haitians-arrested-in-santiago-dozens-of-false-documents-seized.html

SL/ HaitiLibre