[george wythe]

I just can't figure out why those fleeing Haitians don't just start walking east.

Because the Dominican Republic has deployed her army to protect her borders.

In case you don't know, the Dominican army has shot to kill thousands of Haitians before. Haitians are not very welcome in Dominican Republic, and they know it.

[george wythe]

Dominican military dispatches 3,000 troops to border with Haiti

Dominican Republic - The government doubled its military presence at the border with Haiti to 3,000 as the neighboring country remained in the grip of a bloody rebellion, the country's top military official said Tuesday.

Gen. Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez said that the deployment of 1,500 additional troops represents only a small percentage of what the Caribbean country's military is capable of sending to the border in the event of a refugee crisis.

"The hypothesis of a mass exodus is something we consider plausible, but we think that won't happen," Soto said.

The contingent was dispatched Sunday and Monday to provide more security along the 225-mile (362-kilometer) border, said military spokesman Col. Juan Julio Tejeda

[wheels]

Well, color me geographically challenged. Yes it is The Dominican Republic.

IF the DRs are gonna shot everyone trying to jump the border, then our Coast Guard had better be ready with the nets to scoop up the boaters trying to get to Miami.