The Dominican Republic’s General Directorate of Migration (DGM) has rolled out an intensified, nationwide migration compliance campaign backed by national security forces and state defense bodies, ramping up efforts to verify the legal residency status of all foreign nationals across its territory. Over the seven-day window spanning November 6 to November 12, 2026, authorities detained a total of 11,057 Haitian nationals found to be living and working in the country without valid, official migration documentation. Of the total detained group, 10,411 individuals confirmed to be in full irregular migration status were formally expelled and transported back to Haiti via designated, official border entry points. Regional apprehension figures show the highest number of detentions occurred in the border province of Dajabón, where 1,634 irregular migrants were taken into custody, followed by 1,199 in Elías Piña and 1,108 in Valverde. The multi-agency operation drew coordinated support from a wide range of state security units: Dominican Army personnel detained 3,223 individuals and transferred all custody to DGM officials, the national police apprehended 1,060 people, and CESFRONT border military units took 636 irregular migrants into custody, with the remaining detained individuals intercepted by dedicated DGM patrol teams operating across every region of the country. On November 12, 2026 alone, a synchronized large-scale deployment fanned out across the nation’s northern, eastern, and southern zones, as well as all 18 border-adjacent provinces including Pedernales, Espaillat, La Altagracia, Montecristi, Azua, La Vega, Barahona, Puerto Plata, Santiago Rodríguez, San Juan, Peravia, Hato Mayor, Duarte, María Trinidad Sánchez, La Romana, Bahoruco, Samaná, and Sánchez Ramírez. Enforcement actions also extended deep into the country’s most populated urban core, covering dozens of high-density neighborhoods in Greater Santo Domingo and the National District, such as Los Alcarrizos, Herrera, Los Tres Brazos, the Katanga residential area, Los Mina Norte and Sur, La Bomba Vieja, Ensanche Felicidad, and Las Enfermeras. The operation marks one of the largest single-week irregular migration removal actions recorded in recent bilateral movement patterns between the two neighboring Caribbean nations.