FL S1452

Urges the U.S. Congress, President, and Secretary of State to condemn the Dominican Republic's impending mass deportation of Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian immigrants.

Calls on the Dominican Republic to overturn its 2013 Constitutional Court decision that stripped citizenship from over 200,000 Dominicans born after 1929 to non-Dominican parents and to restore their rights.

Demands the Dominican Republic implement an effective regularization process, discontinue all pending deportations, issue legal identification documents to all Dominican-born citizens regardless of race or ethnicity, and invite independent monitors.

Condemns the Obama Administration's silence on the human rights violations and urges President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry to use all available political and economic leverage to force the Dominican government to reverse course.

Directs copies of the memorial be sent to the President, congressional leadership, Secretary of State, and Florida's U.S. congressional delegation.