{"id":473514,"date":"2025-06-30T14:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/increase-in-voluntary-arrivals-of-dominicans-from-the-us-and-puerto-rico-due-to-fear-of-immigration-raids\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T14:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:32:03","slug":"increase-in-voluntary-arrivals-of-dominicans-from-the-us-and-puerto-rico-due-to-fear-of-immigration-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/increase-in-voluntary-arrivals-of-dominicans-from-the-us-and-puerto-rico-due-to-fear-of-immigration-raids\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase in voluntary arrivals of Dominicans from the US and Puerto Rico due to fear of immigration raids"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong>&#8211; Some <strong>80 Dominicans are returning voluntarily each month<\/strong> from <strong>the United States and Puerto Rico<\/strong>, following the entry into force of the immigration policy promoted by President Donald Trump, which intensified the raids against foreigners in irregular situations.\n\nAccording to reports obtained at the <strong>Las Am\u00e9ricas International Airport (AILA)<\/strong>, from January to date, <strong>nearly 500 nationals<\/strong> have returned voluntarily or with route letters issued by Dominican consulates, in an attempt to avoid being detained, held, and then deported by immigration authorities.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/entretenimiento\/premio-eladia-de-cuello\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"476358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 dancers recognized at the Eladia de Cuello Award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nMany of these citizens had been <strong>illegally residing for years<\/strong> in cities like New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, engaging in various economic activities. A high percentage had entered with a legal visa but exceeded the authorized time.\n\nSources indicate that, in some cases, <strong>entire families<\/strong> have returned, and that at least <strong>70% comes from the continental U.S.<\/strong>, while the remaining <strong>30% arrives from Puerto Rico<\/strong>.\n\nAlthough some were in the process of regularization, the <strong>increasing migratory pressure and aggressive raids<\/strong> \u2014including home and business raids\u2014 have motivated their voluntary return.\n\nIn addition to these returns, the <strong>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/strong> has deported <strong>1,248 Dominicans<\/strong> so far this year, many of them detained in raids or after serving sentences for various crimes.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.&#8211; Some 80 Dominicans are returning voluntarily each month from the United States and Puerto Rico, following the entry into force of the immigration policy promoted by President Donald Trump, which intensified the raids against foreigners in irregular situations. 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