Obama Administration Mum on Dominican Human Rights Issue

The international community has been vociferous in its denunciation of DR denationalization policies, pleading with them to carry out deportations humanely. Why the U.S. has not definitively expressed its opposition to the harsh immigration policy is perplexing. Rights 4 All in DR's, France Francois, thinks it sly Obama would fly to Africa to discuss human rights but ignore the ". . . human rights crisis . . . taking place right in our backyard." So far over 40,000 Haitians and Dominican-Haitians have deported themselves in fear of inhumane treatment. The majority of them are camped along the border.

The DR has disregarded the Inter-American Court for Human Rights (IACHR) rulings four times over ". . . for having violated the rights of its citizens in matters of migration." In 2014 the DR cancelled its IACHR membership so the court no longer has any jurisdiction over the DR.

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