A year ago, the Dominican government started the first massive operations of deportation of haitians in irregular condition, with the objective of returning up to 10 thousand people per week.
Since then, the immigration measures have multiplied and extended, within the framework of 15 presidential provisions adopted in this 2025 to regulate the presence of undocumented foreigners in the country.
According to the data of General Directorate of Migrationin the last ten months, have made 310,499 repatriationscompared to the same period in 2024, when 180,417 cases were registered, which represents an increase of 72%.
During this year, they have carried out 5,123 operational of interdiction in public transportation, and other strategic areas of the country.
Health and birth
One of the most controversial measures has been the hospital protocolapplied since April of this 2025 in which more than 600 operatives in public centers to verify the immigration status of the people served, as reported Migration and the Ministry of Public Health.
These measures have also had an effect on the civil recordswhere the births of children to foreign mothers decreased from 20,502 in 2024 to 12,326 in 2025a reduction of 8,176 births.
The most notable drops occurred in October (2,952 fewer births than the previous year), August (-2,646) and April (-2,015), suggesting a direct impact of the protocol in the patterns of care and registration.
Logistical reinforcement
He Holiday Reception Center de Haina was remodeled with an investment of more than RD$ 75 million, incorporating differentiated spaces for pregnant and lactating women. Likewise, some detention centers were modernized and implemented biometric and technological systems for the registration and control of foreigners in an irregular condition.
Likewise, the fleet of vehicles for operations was expanded with 58 new units this year, with an investment of RD$ 510,581,136.00. With the new equipment, the entity reaches a total of 118 vehicles.
While I enter new buses, biometric readers and modernization, the Government allocated large resources in ten months to reinforce its system of deportations.
Since the mass repatriations began, international entities have insisted that national policies have been discriminatory and violate human rights. In response, President Luis Abinader has reiterated that the nation must make the necessary decisions to safeguard its security.
“The country is going to continue doing what it is doing, which is respecting its immigration law and taking care of the Dominican Republic,” he said.
