Legal Problems of Dominicans Citizens that have Illegal Parents
Legal Problems of Dominicans Citizens that have Illegal Parents Martha Carina Marinangeli R. According to article 18 of the “Dominican” Constitution the children of a person who does not have the “Dominican” nationality are not “Dominicans”. In this essay I am going to argue the limitations and criminal character of such definitions. Second, I am going to show that these children ancestors are not “Haitians” but a sector of a huge and international labor force. Then, I am going to show the historical contributions of this sector as a condition to reconsider the Dominican and constitutional definition imposed by the bourgeoisie via its Constitution. In the last paragraph, I will present my conclusion recommending a “solution” to this historical situation which none of the republican governments had confronted before. The concept of citizenship given in the “Dominican” Constitution is too limited and excludes a huge sector of the labor force which has contributed to shape the s...