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Miami Forum Focuses On Mass Deportation Of Haitians From Dominican Republic

Nadege Green
Dominica author Junot Diaz speaks at a forum about the potential mass deportation of Dominican of Haitian in descent in the Dominican Republic.

On Wednesday the Miami Workers Center, a Miami-based social justice group, hosted a standing-room-only community forum about the potential mass deportation of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent from the Dominican Republic.

Guest speakers included Dominican author Junot Diaz and Haitian author Edwidge Danticat, who both say the potential deportations are human rights violations and are motivated by ethnicity and race. 

Below is a rundown of the event as told through social media:

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