farming of bones/birthright crisis

Farming of Bones and Birthright Crisis go hand in hand when talking about the Dominican Republic's deportation of the Haitians. The only difference is that in the Farming of Bones, the deportation took place in 1937, and Birthright took place in 2005.

In the Birthright Crisis, it didn't matter if you had papers that allowed you to live in the Dominican Republic or even if you were born in the Dominican Republic and had never even been to Haiti. It was easy for the Dominican military to do this because he Haitians had darker skin. The Dominican Republic's press also lied to everyone, saying the Haitians were armed with guns, when they actually had nothing.

This 18 year old Haitian student that was born in the Dominican Republic and had never even been to Haiti was deported because she was Haitian. She was very worried about missing her exams and schoolwork. She had no idea what she was going to do next. There were many other people in the same situation.

The Jean and Bosico Dominican Republic supreme court case ruled that children of migrants aren't eligible for citizenship in 2005. One has to prove their bloodline connects to the Dominican Republic now. In Farming of Bones, the government is forcing the Haitians to leave in order to "cleanse the country." That was in 1937. It is so shocking that the Dominican Republic is still so adamant of keeping the Haitians out just because they are of different nationalities/race.