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Leguisie Louis (L), a farmer, was born in Haiti but moved to the Dominican Republic in 1959. He's seen here walking with his granddaughter, Maxileidy. A court ruling retroactively denies Dominican nationality to anyone born after 1929 who does not have a

There’s a long story behind ‘anti-Haitianismo’ in the Dominican Republic

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Tens of thousands of people in the Dominican Republic are being stripped of their citizenship and deported. And most are of Haitian descent. It’s the latest chapter in a long history of ‘anti-Haitianismo’ in the Dominican Republic.

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