Communicator Hansel Garc\u00eda has sparked an intense debate by stating that the Dominican Republic has ceased to be a country in the process of population mixing and has, in practice, become a “mixed nation.” According to his analysis for Alofoke Deportes, this reality is supported by overwhelming migratory pressure, the massive use of public services by foreigners, and their increasing involvement in acts of violence that affect national security.<\/p>\n\n
Garc\u00eda maintains that a State’s sovereignty is measured by its ability to guarantee well-being to its citizens. However, he denounced that the fiscal effort of Dominicans is being absorbed mostly by the Haitian immigrant population, while the local middle class is forced to pay for private health and education services due to the deficiencies of the public system.<\/p>\n\n
Haitians have long been consuming the fruit of our sovereignty. We have a functional educational system that we all pay for with our taxes, but which the majority does not use because our children attend private schools, leaving the public sector mainly for immigrants.<\/p>Hansel Garc\u00eda<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n
Impact on public services and security<\/h3>\n\n
The journalist emphasized that this dynamic is replicated in the healthcare system. While Dominicans opt for private health insurance and private clinics to avoid the limitations of the state sector, public hospitals are used predominantly by Haitian citizens. This situation, added to the need to hire private security to protect businesses and homes, represents, in Garc\u00eda’s view, an unfair additional burden on the Dominican taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n
Social conflict as a thermometer<\/h3>\n\n
For Garc\u00eda, the most evident proof of this “mixed nation” is the recurring presence of Haitian citizens in the cases of criminality and social conflicts that dominate the news agenda. The communicator cited several recent examples to support his position:<\/p>\n\n
- The kidnapping of a young man, where the involvement of two Haitian citizens as accomplices in a homicide is being investigated.<\/li>
- The case of the death of Albert Aracena, which directly or indirectly involves three individuals of Haitian nationality.<\/li>
- The case of the so-called “surgeon barber,” where a woman of Haitian origin was indirectly linked to the event.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
Finally, Garc\u00eda warned that many citizens underestimate the gravity of the situation by limiting themselves to traveling through upper-class areas in the capital. The journalist was emphatic in pointing out that the national territory is “cordoned off” by illegal migratory flows, warning about the extreme violence and cruelty that, according to his assessment, have characterized recent crimes committed by foreigners in the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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