Elena Lorac, a spokesperson from the Reconoci.do movement, shows a birth certificate issued by the Central Electoral Board, during a rally in front of the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo, July 12, 2013. © 2013 Fran Afonso
A man walks by a wall with graffiti calling for the deportation of undocumented Haitian migrants, near the Plaza de la Bandera, Santo Domingo, March 12, 2013. © 2013 Fran Afonso
A Dominican child, whose mother was affected by recent changes in Dominican nationality law, holds up a sign (“I am Dominican and I have rights”) during a vigil of the Reconoci.do movement in front of the Central Electoral Board in Santo Domingo, March 11, 2013. © 2013 Fran Afonso
Haitian migrant families participate in a meeting with members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the Independencia province, December 4, 2013. © 2013 Fran Afonso
Cecilia Pie shows her old and new Dominican identification cards. Cecilia was part of a group of 27 Dominicans of Haitian descent who were detained and forcibly removed to the border town of Jimaní in January 2015, May 1, 2015, in the Bahoruco province. © 2015 Oriol Estrada
A woman holds a sign during a protest on Dominican Independence Day in Santo Domingo protesting the "Haitianization" of the Dominican Republic, February 27, 2015. © 2015 Fran Afonso
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