In the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo, national migration authorities have released new data detailing a sharp uptick in repatriation operations targeting undocumented Haitian nationals, as the government advances its tightened border and immigration enforcement agenda. The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) announced that 34,226 Haitian citizens residing in the country without valid migration status were deported during the month of June alone. This monthly figure pushes the cumulative total of repatriations carried out in the first six months of 2026 to nearly 200,000, specifically 196,321. The agency’s data also tracks long-term enforcement outcomes under its current leadership: since Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester took the helm of the DGM on October 1, 2024, the total number of undocumented migrants returned to their home countries has climbed to 670,500. All large-scale enforcement and repatriation operations are conducted in close partnership with the Dominican military and other state security bodies, a collaboration built into the national government’s formal strategy to strengthen migration controls across the country. On the final day of June, DGM and partner agencies wrapped up a round of targeted operations spanning multiple key provinces, including the greater Santo Domingo metropolitan area, Santiago, Pedernales, Elías Piña, and Dajabón – all regions that see high volumes of cross-border migration activity. From that day’s operations alone, authorities took 980 undocumented foreign nationals into custody, and processed 1,041 deportations. Amid ongoing international scrutiny of its migration policies, the DGM has emphasized its commitment to ongoing coordination with global human rights groups. The agency stated that all migration enforcement and repatriation procedures are designed and carried out to uphold the basic dignity of every individual involved in the process. The steady pace of repatriations underscores the Dominican Republic’s continued prioritization of irregular migration control amid longstanding regional demographic and economic pressures tied to cross-border movement between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.