Dominican Court Ends Citizenship of Some Residents

By The Associated Press/The New York Times

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Thousands of Dominican Republic residents have been thrown into limbo by a ruling from the country’s highest court that strips citizenship from anyone born to migrants who entered illegally. The decree affects mainly people of Haitian descent and is likely to worsen already acrimonious relations with neighboring Haiti.

Advocacy groups for immigrants expressed anger over Thursday’s ruling, saying it ignored the rights of those affected and was based on bigotry against predominantly black Haitians.

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