The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) has taken a tougher stance, continuing its nationwide offensive to monitor the migration status of foreign nationals, with the support of security agencies and state defense institutions of the Dominican Republic.
Between Friday, November 6, and Thursday, November 12, 2026, 11,057 Haitians residing and working in the Dominican Republic without legal documentation attesting to a regular migration status were detained.
Of this total, 10,411 Haitians in an irregular situation were expelled to Haiti through various official border crossings. Among them, 1,634 were apprehended in Dajabón, 1,199 in Elías Piña, and 1,108 in Valverde. During this period, members of the army detained 3,223 individuals with irregular migration status and handed them over to the DGM; police officers apprehended 1,060, and military personnel from CESFRONT apprehended 636. The remainder were arrested by DGM control patrols across the country.
A simultaneous operational deployment on November 12, 2026, covered the northern, eastern, and southern regions, as well as provinces located along the border zone. Detentions also took place in Pedernales, Espaillat, La Altagracia, Montecristi, Azua, La Vega, Barahona, Puerto Plata, Santiago Rodríguez, San Juan, Peravia, Hato Mayor, Duarte, María Trinidad Sánchez, La Romana, Bahoruco, Samaná, and Sánchez Ramírez. Furthermore, the DGM specifies that the operations carried out in Greater Santo Domingo and the National District covered the areas of Los Alcarrizos, Herrera, Los Tres Brazos, the Katanga neighborhood, Los Mina Norte and Sur, La Bomba Vieja, Ensanche Felicidad, and Las Enfermeras.
