Open Letter to Dominican President Luis Abinader: Stop Deportations Now!

To President Luis Abinader,

As writers, scholars, artists, activists, and people who believe in human rights, we write to condemn the unconscionable violence that your government has unleashed on Haitians, Dominicans of Haitian descent and Black Dominicans since your announcement on October 2nd to deport 10,000 Haitians per week. 

The chosen date, October 2nd, commemorates 87 years since dictator Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20,000 ethnic Haitians and Black Dominicans on the Dominican borderlands. Clearly, you are following in the footsteps of the dictator, upholding the views of the right-wing extremists, and using public funding to propagate fear and hate. The timing of your announcement is not a mere coincidence but an intentional act to show the Dominican state’s policy of continuing the dictator’s plan of ethnic cleansing of Haitian people on Dominican soil.

We come to you as a collective of Dominicans and non-Dominican allies who care deeply about human rights, freedom and democracy to demand that you stop at once this macabre deportation plan and put into place a plan that protects the civil liberties of all people living on Dominican soil, including Dominicans who disagree with you, those Dominicans who trace their ancestry to Haiti and immigrants who are currently sustaining our economy with their labor. With that said, we demand the following:

* Ending mass deportations

* Restoring the nationality of people unconstitutionally denationalized in 2013

* Ending the de facto state of exception and restoring full constitutional guarantees

* Ending forced labor and respecting the human rights of Haitian workers

Mass deportation of a singled-out community is a practice condemned by international law. 

Since October 2nd following your order, Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent are being violently persecuted, families separated, houses broken into, communities terrorized. The fact that the state deportation machinery targets pregnant women shows how far the inhumanity of your plan is willing to go. There is no regard for life, no room for empathy. At a time when neighboring Haiti is facing one of its worst political crises and humanitarian catastrophes, you have chosen to make Haitian people more vulnerable and to promote hate and chaos. We urge you to stop this mass deportation plan at once. We urge you to put an end to this state-sponsored hate. 

We take this opportunity to remind the people of conscience around the world that ever since you became president four years ago, the Dominican state has shown a complete disregard for Haitian lives, for the lives of Dominicans of Haitian descent and for Black people. You have chosen to ally yourself with Israel and Trump in your policies and ideals, and with extractive corporations that further deepen Dominican dependency on foreign powers while claiming sovereignty and blaming Haitian immigrants who are enriching your economy with cheap labor for said dependency. The hypocrisy of the Dominican state knows no bounds. Its policies are dangerous to democracy.

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Versión en Español 

Carta abierta al presidente dominicano Luis Abinader:

¡Alto a las deportaciones ya!

Al Presidente Luis Abinader,

Como escritores, académicos, artistas, activistas y personas que creen en los derechos humanos, escribimos para condenar la violencia desmesurada que su gobierno ha desatado contra los haitianos, los dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana y los dominicanos negros desde su anuncio el 2 de octubre de deportar a 10,000 haitianos por semana.

La fecha elegida, el 2 de octubre, conmemora los 87 años desde que el dictador Trujillo ordenó la masacre de más de 20.000 haitianos y dominicanos negros en las zonas fronterizas dominicanas. Está claro que están siguiendo los pasos del dictador, defendiendo los puntos de vista de los extremistas de derecha y utilizando la financiación pública para propagar el miedo y el odio. El momento de su anuncio no es una mera coincidencia, sino un acto intencional para mostrar la política del Estado dominicano de continuar con el plan del dictador de limpieza étnica del pueblo haitiano en suelo dominicano.

Nos dirigimos a ustedes como un colectivo de dominicanos y aliados no dominicanos que se preocupan profundamente por los derechos humanos, la libertad y la democracia para exigirles que detengan de inmediato este macabro plan de deportación y pongan en marcha un plan que proteja las libertades civiles de todas las personas que viven en suelo dominicano, incluidos los dominicanos que no están de acuerdo con usted.  los dominicanos que remontan su ascendencia a Haití y los inmigrantes que actualmente sostienen nuestra economía con su mano de obra. Dicho esto, exigimos lo siguiente:

* Poner fin a las deportaciones masivas

* Restablecimiento de la nacionalidad de personas desnacionalizadas inconstitucionalmente en 2013

* Poner fin al estado de excepción de facto y restablecer todas las garantías constitucionales

* Poner fin al trabajo forzoso y respetar los derechos humanos de los trabajadores haitianos

* La deportación masiva de una comunidad marginada es una práctica condenada por el derecho internacional.

Desde el 2 de octubre, siguiendo su orden, los haitianos y dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana están siendo perseguidos violentamente, las familias separadas, las casas allanadas, las comunidades aterrorizadas. El hecho de que la maquinaria estatal de deportación se centre en las mujeres embarazadas muestra hasta dónde está dispuesta a llegar la inhumanidad de su plan. No hay respeto por la vida, no hay lugar para la empatía. En un momento en que el vecino Haití se enfrenta a una de sus peores crisis políticas y catástrofes humanitarias, ustedes han optado por hacerlo más vulnerable y promover el odio y el caos. Le instamos a que detenga este plan de deportación masiva de inmediato. Le instamos a que ponga fin a este odio patrocinado por el Estado.

Aprovechamos esta oportunidad para recordar a las personas de conciencia de todo el mundo que desde que usted asumió la presidencia hace cuatro años, el Estado dominicano ha mostrado un total desprecio por las vidas haitianas, por las vidas de los dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana y por las personas negras. Han elegido aliarse con Israel y Trump en sus políticas e ideales, y con las corporaciones extractivas que profundizan aún más la dependencia dominicana de las potencias extranjeras mientras reclaman soberanía y culpan a los inmigrantes haitianos que están enriqueciendo su economía con mano de obra barata por dicha dependencia. La hipocresía del Estado dominicano no tiene límites. Sus políticas son peligrosas para la democracia.

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Signed/Firman, 

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Nelson Santana, Independent Researcher, USA
Neva Besker, Italy
Ngompe Massado, Student, USA
Nicolas Lucero, University of Georgia, Associate Professor
Noelia A. Acosta
Noelia Quintero Herencia, Research Foundation, CUNY, USA
Norma Lozano Jackson, PhD, The Norma Lozano Jackson Foundation, Retired Professor, USA
Norman R. Storer Corrada, Gerente de Colecciones de Museo, USA
Nyya Toussaint, Rev., Lanbi ak Manchèt, USA
Olga Rodríguez-Ulloa, Professor, University of Indiana Bloomington, USA
P. Gabrielle Foreman, Professor, USA
Pablo A King
Pam Butler, Associate Teaching Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA
Pamela Calla, New York University, Professor, USA
Pamela Voekel, Associate Professor of History, Dartmouth College
Pamela Zaiter, Educator, Department of Education of New York City, USA
Paola De Santo, University of Georgia, Professor, USA
Patricia Encarnacion, Artista, USA
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Professor, Princeton University, USA
Patrick Sylvain, Professor, Writer, USA
Pedro Rafael Lafontaine Ripol, Director de Zircón Teatro, Actor y Director Teatral, República Dominicana
Pepón Osorio, Artista, USA
Petra Rivera-Rideau, Associate Professor, Wellesley College, USA
Premilla Nadasen, Professor, Barnard College, USA
Quisqueya Lora, Princeton University, USA
R. Calosso, Researcher-Doctoral Student, The CUNY Graduate Center.
Rachel Afi Quinn, Associate Professor, University of Houston, USA
Rachel Cantave, Assistant Professor, USA
Rafael Díaz
Rafael Pina Estevez, Activista, Chile
Rafael Trelles, Pintor, Puerto Rico
Raj Chetty, St. John’s University, Professor, USA
Raphael Stimphil MD, USA
Raquel Virginia Cabrera, Writer, USA
RaShelle Peck
Rashida Charles, University of Pennsylvania, PhD candidate, USA
Reena Goldthree, Professor, Princeton University, USA
Regina Mills, Professor, USA
Régine Jean-Charles, Northeastern University, Professor, USA
Renaye Manley, Manley Consulting Group, Principal, USA
René Cordero, Professor of History, John Jay College – CUNY, USA
Renee Tajima-Peña, Professor and Filmmaker, UCLA, USA
Renelde Adarkwah, Business Owner, USA
Reynaldo García Pantaleón, Realengo Studio, Visual Artist, USA
Rinaldo Walcott, Professor, USA/Canada
Rita Indiana Hernández, Global Distinguished Professor, New York University, USA
Roberto Tito Otero, Cineasta e Impresor
Roberto Vélez-Vélez, SUNY New Paltz, Associate Professor, New York, USA
Robin Bernstein, Harvard University, USA
Robin D. G. Kelley, Professor, UCLA, USA
Rocio Silverio, USA
Roopika Risam, Dartmouth College, Professor, USA
Rosalie Reyes, Reverence, USA
Rosario Magra, Visual Artist, Sweden
Rosemary Feal, Translator, USA
Ruben Reyes Jr., Writer, USA
Rubi Pacheco-Rivera, USA
Ruha Benjamin, Professor, Princeton University, USA
Ruth H. Miller, USA
Ruth Pión, AfrohistoriaRD, Independent Scholar, Dominican Republic
SA Smythe, University of Toronto, Professor, Canada
Safiyyah Ogundipe, USA
Sandy Grande, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Sandy Placido, Scholar, USA
Sarah Haley, Professor & Writer, USA
Sarah Rose Turner
Saray Figuereo, Educadora, República Dominicana
Saudí García, PhD, Scholars for Social Justice, USA
Saulo Colón, Puerto Rico
Scherezade Garcia, Visual Artist and Educator
Scott Alves Barton, University of Notre Dame, Africana Studies, USA
Scott Kurashige, Author, USA
Sebastian Garcia, USA
Sebastián Ramírez, PhD, USA
Selamauyt Tesfaye, Cantiere, Community Builder, Italy
Shahar Tsameret, JVP South Florida Member, USA
Shana L. Redmond, Writer and Scholar, USA
Shantee Rosado, Assistant Professor of Afro-Latinx Studies, Rutgers University, USA
Sharina Maillo-Pozo, Docente e Investigadora, USA
Sharon Rojas Yacamán, Historian, Colombia
Shreena Gandhi, Michigan State University, Educator, USA
Sibylle Fischer, New York University, Professor, USA
Sidney Chalhoub, Professor of History, Harvard University
Silvia Orlandi, Cultural Worker, Italy
Silvio Torres-Saillant, Syracuse University, Professor, USA
Sofia Laverde, Student, Colombia
Soledad Torres
Sophia De La Cruz, Kiskeya Youth, Student, USA
Sophia Monegro, Fulbright Student Program in the USA Embassy in Santo Domingo, Fulbright Researcher, Dominican Republic
Sophie Mann-Shafir, Researcher and Journalist, USA
Sophie Maríñez, City University of New York
SS Hughes, Retiree, USA
Stephanie Holguin, Scholar & Organizer, USA
Stephen Pitti, Yale University, USA
Steven Salaita, Scholar & Author, Egypt
Steven W. Thrasher, PhD, Northwestern University, Daniel Renberg Chair of Cocial Justice in Reporting, USA
Susan Penn, USA
Tahira Vargas Garcia
Tanya Valette Cineasta, Dominican Republic
Tatiana Reinoza, Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA
Tatiana Zamir, Movement Therapist, USA
Taylor Davis
Temeyissa Patalé Justine, Cameroon
Tera W. Hunter, Professor, Princeton University, USA
Teresa Tewelde, Italy
Tertulia Feminista SUR
Tiffany Nicole Florvil, Scholar, University of New Mexico
Timnit Gebru, DAIR, Founder & Executive Director, USA
Tongo Eisen-Martin
Ulla D. Berg, Professor of Anthropology and Latinx Studies, Rutgers University, USA
Umayyah Cable, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, USA
Urayoán Noel, New York University, Professor & Writer, Puerto Rico/USA
Vanessa Jimenez-Read, PhD Student, University of Michigan, USA
Veronica Liu, Editor, USA
Victoria Ignacio, Teacher, USA
Vijay Iyer, Musician & Professor, Harvard University, USA
Virgilio O Aran, Director Nacional de Organización Laboral, Activista y Escritor
VLZ, Mwalimu Lavou Professeur des Universités, France
Walter Johnson, Professor, USA
Wanda Rivera, Educator, Puerto Rico
Wendy Muñiz, Scholar, USA
Wielka Aspedilla, Howard University, PhD Student, Chile
Winnifred Brown Glaude, The College of New Jersey
Ximena Santaolalla, Writer, Mexico
Yanilda González, Professor, USA
Yarimar Bonilla, Princeton University
Yarimir Cabán-Reyes, Artist, Puerto Rico
Yaxlei Alejo, Student, USA
Yesenia Montilla, Poeta
Yina Jiménez Suriel, Independiente, Curadora De Arte Contemporáneo, República Dominicana
Ynés Gerardo, Solidaridad Latina
Yolanda Martinez San Miguel, Professor, University of Miami, USA
Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños (CENTRO) – CUNY, Directora, USA
Yuderkys Espinosa Miñoso, Instituto Caribeño de Pensamiento e Investigación Descolonial, Filósofa, Escritora, Ivestigadora y Profesora, República Dominicana
Yuri Herrera, Tulane University, Professor
Zhaleh Phillips, Zhaleh Solutions, Health & Wellness Consultant, USA
Zheng Ningyuan, Artist, China/Italy

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