Here in New York, a group of protesters gathered outside the Dominican Consulate in the Bronx Thursday to denounce the mass deportations of Haitians by the Dominican Republic. Earlier this month, Dominican President Luis Abinader announced a campaign to expel up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an “excess” of immigrants. In the last three weeks, over 27,000 people have been deported to Haiti. This is Dr. Saudi Garcia.

Dr. Saudi Garcia: “We are saying no more to mass deportations. We are saying no more to anti-Haitian violence, centuries of anti-Haitian violence. We are saying no more to allowing our own rights to be violated, to be able to push somebody else down. That is not how we build a better Dominican Republic.”

The expulsions come as the U.N. says more than 10,000 Haitians were internally displaced over the past week after fleeing gang attacks around the capital Port-au-Prince.