![A protest took place November 25, 2021, denouncing violence against women in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Dominican leftist, feminist, anti-racist and Haitian immigrant community organizations participated in the march under the slogan "Haitian Lives Matter" and confronted the government's immigration policy / credit: Vladimir Fuentes](https://towardfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Haitian-lives-matter-2021-326x245.jpg)
U.S. Backs Dominican Republic As Violence Against Haitians Escalates After 22% of Haitians Deported
Since 2021, the government of Luis Abinader has been promoting a campaign of mass deportations of the Haitian immigrant community. This also affects Dominicans of Haitian descent, or Haitians born in the Dominican Republic. Vladimir Fuentes reports from the Dominican Republic.