The new governor of Puerto RicoJenniffer González, declared that immigrants from Puerto Rico They shouldn’t have to worry about the deportations massive events announced by president donald trump because they are not “talking about Mexico or Texas.”
When questioned in a recent interview for the Telemundo network about the Dominican population, which is concerned about said deportationsGonzález responded that they have already been executed deportations for illegal travel in yawl.
“In the case of Puerto Ricothere has been deportations already, of people who arrive in yawlbut there should not be that concern in the case of the island, because we are not talking about Mexico or Texas,” he stated during the interview.
- So far this year, Puerto Rico has repatriated around 97 people to the Dominican Republic.
On January 16, the Coast Guard American reported that it repatriated 58 migrants to the country, of which 21 claimed to be dominicans and 20 said they came from Haiti, after having intercepted two vessels: one southwest of Cabo Rojo and another in the waters of Aguadilla.
On January 7, 39 dominicans were repatriated to Quisqueya and delivered to the Dominican authorities, as published by the EFE agency.
Work with the federal authorities
In the interview she was also asked if she is willing to work with the federal authorities so that in Puerto Rico are carried out deportations massive. González responded that the president trump It is focused on what is happening on the border of Mexico and the United States.
“Let’s see, because many things are publicly proposed as ideas and then, when the charges are reached, there may be others. I would not cross the line of concern until I see what the concrete agenda is going to be,” he alleged. Gonzalez.
He declared that trump is aware that much of the nation’s workforce is immigrantsince they are the ones who work in agriculture.
More than 1,600 RD returned from Puerto Rico
According to the records of the Coast Guard of the United States, during the past year, more than 1,600 dominicans They were returned to the country after being detained upon their irregular arrival on the Puerto Rican coast, intercepted in the country’s waters or on vessels approaching them.
The institution’s website records that, between January and December 2024, 1,691 travelers They found their arrival to the island frustrated. Of that sum, 108 were intercepted at sea on December 17.
Those repatriated after arriving on Puerto Rican soil totaled 1,055, while another 528 were rescued by the coast guard, when the boats transporting them suffered incidents and were sighted.
According to the EFE agencyon January 16 of this year the repatriation of 58 migrantsintercepted in two boats.
According to the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute, there are nearly 60,000 Dominicans on the island. The data was offered in July 2024 by the digital media Latino Repoter, stating that this segment constituted 60% of the migrant population established there. In May of last year, the Dominican consul in Puerto Rico, César Cedeño, told Diario Libre that the Dominicans registered to vote in the Dominican elections from that country amounted to 43,748, representing 5.06% of the votes from abroad.
