Human rights court examines Dominican immigration row A pan-American human rights court examined this week racially-charged cases against the Dominican Republic's expulsion of citizens of Haitian origin. The Dominican constitutional court last month said children born to Haitians who were in the country illegally or in transit are not entitled to Dominican citizenship, retroactive to 1929 -- a decision that could affect 250,000 people. Images of the daily life of Dominicans citizen of Haitian origin living in Batey, near Santo Domingo.