PHOTOS: Haitians Challenge Dominican Citizenship Law
October 22, 2013
In this Sept. 30, 2013 photo, Juliana Deguis Pierre, behind left, a Dominican woman of Haitian descent, stands inside the kitchen of her home with her daughter Mairobi and mother Maria in the Los Jovillos village, known as a batey, in the Monte Plata province of the Dominican Republic. Juliana and her daughter Maria are two of many who were born in the Dominican Republic but may now lose their citizenship, and the rights that go along with it, because of a recent Constitutional Court decision. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
A soldier from the Dominican Republic speaks from behind a cutout in the door of the DR's embassy with a Haitian demonstrator protesting the DR's new law that denies citizenship to the children of Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic, in Petion-Ville, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. In September, the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court ruled that it will block citizenship for thousands of people born to immigrants without residency permits since 1929. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) ( Haiti Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
A police officer stands guard as Dominicans of Haitian descent protest outside the Constitutional Court in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The Constitutional Court decided last week to strip Dominican citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants. Experts warned that it could cause a human rights crisis, potentially leaving tens of thousands of people stateless, facing mass deportation and discrimination. The sign at center reads in Spanish: "We are as Dominican as you." (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
In this Sept. 30, 2013 photo, Maria Julia Deguis, 10, looks out from her home in Los Jovillos village, known as a batey, in the Monte Plata province of the Dominican Republic. Maria, like with her mother and brother, is of Haitian descent and was born in the D.R., but she may lose her citizenship, and the rights that go along with it, because of a recent Constitutional Court decision. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( APTOPIX Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
In this Oct. 1, 2013 photo, Manuel de Jesus Dandre, a lawyer and activist for Haitian migrants rights who was born in the D.R. and is of Haitian descent, shows his Dominican ID card and bar license during a news conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Constitutional Court ruled that people who were born in the Dominican Republic but whose parents were not either citizens or legal residents, are not automatically entitled to citizenship, and ordered the government and the Electoral Council to compile a list of people who should be stripped of their Dominican birth certificate and identification card. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2013 file photo, a youth of Haitian descent holds a sign that reads in Spanish "I'm Dominican" during a protest demanding that President Danilo Medina stop the process to invalidate their birth certificates after authorities retained their ID cards, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic's top court on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 stripped citizenship from thousands of people born to migrants who came illegally, a category that overwhelmingly includes Haitians brought in to work on farms. The decision cannot be appealed, and it affects all those born since 1929. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez, File) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
A demonstrator holds up a sign that reads in Creole, French and Spanish "Brothers! No to racism. An island for two people. Leaders of Haiti: we are tired of taking donations from other countries," at a demonstration outside the Dominican Republic's embassy to protest the country's new law that denies citizenship to the children of Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic, in Petion-Ville, Haiti, Tuesday Oct. 8, 2013. In September, the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court ruled that it will block citizenship for thousands of people born to immigrants without residency permits since 1929. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) ( Haiti Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
In this Sept. 30, 2013 photo, an elderly woman walks between homes in the village of Los Jovillos, known as a batey, in the Monte Plata province of the Dominican Republic. The country's Constitutional Court ruled that people who were born in the D.R. after 1929 but whose parents were not either citizens or legal residents, are not automatically entitled to citizenship under a new constitution adopted in 2010. The government is under fire from human rights advocates for the ruling they see as racist. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
Demonstrators chant slogans outside the Dominican Republic's embassy to protest the country's new law that denies citizenship to the children of Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic, in Petion-Ville, Haiti, Tuesday Oct. 8, 2013. In September, the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court ruled that it will block citizenship for thousands of people born to immigrants without residency permits since 1929. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) ( Haiti Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
Dominicans of Haitian descent protest outside the Constitutional Court in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The Constitutional Court decided last week to strip Dominican citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants. Experts warned that it could cause a human rights crisis, potentially leaving tens of thousands of people stateless, facing mass deportation and discrimination. The sign reads in Spanish "We are as Dominican like you." (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
In this Sept. 30, 2013 photo, Abelinda Yisten Debel pauses while doing her high school homework at her home in the Los Jovillos village, known as a batey in the Monte Plata province of Dominican Republic. Yisten, 19, was born in the Dominican Republic but now may lose her citizenship, and the rights that go along with it, because of a recent Constitutional Court decision that ruled that people who were born in the D.R. after 1929 but whose parents were not either citizens or legal residents, are not automatically entitled to citizenship. “It’s sad because I’m not a foreigner. I’m from here,” she said. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
Dominicans of Haitian descent protest outside the Constitutional Court in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The Constitutional Court decided last week to strip Dominican citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants. Experts warned that it could cause a human rights crisis, potentially leaving tens of thousands of people stateless, facing mass deportation and discrimination. The sign reads in Spanish "No to racism." (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
FILE - In this July 15, 2013 file photo, Haitians and Dominicans gather at a market in the border town of Dajabon in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic's top court on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 stripped citizenship from thousands of people born to illegal migrants, a category that overwhelmingly includes Haitians brought from their neighboring homeland to work on farms. The decision cannot be appealed, and it affects all those born since 1929. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez, File) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
Demonstrators chant slogans outside the Dominican Republic's embassy to protest the country's new law that denies citizenship to the children of Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic, in Petion-Ville, Haiti, Tuesday Oct. 8, 2013. In September, the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court ruled that it will block citizenship for thousands of people born to immigrants without residency permits since 1929. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) ( Haiti Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
In this Sept. 30, 2013 photo, six-year-old Willy Deguis plays with an old motorcycle tire in the Los Jovillos village, known as a batey, in the Monte Plata province of the Dominican Republic. Willy is of Haitian descent but was born in the D.R., just like his mother and sister. However, they may all lose their citizenship, and the rights that go along with it, because of a recent Constitutional Court decision. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz) ( Dominican Republic Stripping Citizenship )
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