Dominican Troops Reinforce Border as Migrants Try to Return

The Dominican Republic has sent hundreds of soldiers to its border with Haiti to make it harder for migrants without legal residency to enter the country after returning home to spend the holidays.

A demonstrator holding a Haitian flag shouts, "No racism" as he blocks a police car during a march to the prime minister's office to protest the Dominican Republic's deportation of Haitians, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 21, 2015. A Dominican court said people born to non-citizens were not automatically entitled to citizenship. The decision was extended back to 1929, retroactively stripping people of the right they believed they had since birth. AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—The Dominican Republic has sent hundreds of soldiers to its border with Haiti to make it harder for migrants without legal residency to enter the country after returning home to spend the holidays.

A contingent of 900 troops was dispatched as part of what officials are calling “Operation Shield.” They were joining about 1,200 soldiers already assigned to patrol the area that divides the island of Hispaniola.

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