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| Militant/Maggie Trowe |
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Several hundred people joined a rally and march here Aug. 14 to protest moves by the government of the Dominican Republic to step up “denationalization” and deportation of Haitians and those of Haitian descent. Steve Erias, a 23-year-old college senior, said the Dominican police are “even kicking people out who were born there. They are attacking people.”
Some people were handing out fliers calling for a boycott of the Dominican Republic. “A boycott is wrong and the law is wrong,” office worker Sherly Moreau said. “I have family in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Haitians go to the DR just to find work.” Marshals led chants such as “Haitian lives matter! Dominican lives matter! Black lives matter! All lives matter!” and “No deportation, only liberation.” |
| — DEAN HAZLEWOOD |