why are their names and expected living areas not published to give dthe citizens a half chance in protecting themselves

The worse about this tragedy is that these criminals are simply handed over to their families. That means that as soon as they set foot on the island they are free to go. Do you think that they are going to chnage their ways? or they will simply put to use the skills that they gathered while destroying people here in U.S. I have no simpathy for these criminals, but my heart aces for the lives of those people in barrios trying to keep their place clean. The Dominican government would not do antyhing, because criminals help them keep their jobs and allow the political people (sorry They do no deserve to be called leaders) to continue to get reelected on the premise of fighting crime. These felons should be forced to go through the sentence again in the DR and impose a five to ten years on top of that to make sure that tyey do not hit street at their prime age. Do no let them get until they are in their early 50's. We need people to cultivate our sugar cane and crops, use them.

These people have already served jail time for their crimes and now you want them to serve more time in dominican jails WOW why not just jail everyone who commits a crime for life mr dagtan,just go on living in your perfect world and never give people a chance to reform by the way those people will never get to travel to the United states again which is also punishment

The main problem with deports is that if they want to continue their gang lifestyle, they're going to make a fiesta in the DR.

Mr. Frank, do you know that most of those deportees are simply returned to their families once they hit the tarmac. Most of those criminals have not or never completed their jail time in the U.S. They are deported for economic reasons. By getting rid of them, the working poeple in the U.S. wont have to pay more than the large amount of our taxes that goes to our jails already. Now Mr. Frank, I do not know whether you have followed the DR deterioration for the past 15 years. Remember who was the person who gave the Americans a green light to deport every Dominican that got in truble here in the U.S.? Yes, Mr. Fernandez during his first term. Since the early 90's when fernandez was president the wave began and the country became high crime country due to the ganster lifestyle that the deportees were bringing with them. No, I do not live in a perfect world, but if committ rape, kill others by selling drugs or murder someone, you should not be allowed back into society.

Well, Mr. Fernandez does say he wants to turn DR into a little New York, so he is importing the muggers. After all, it couldn't be a New York style subway/Metro without muggers and rapists.

lol josean. that makes perfect sense now.

why don't they process these criminals upon arrival and make a determination wheather to put them into the dominican society or school, mental observance, or back into jail until they determine what to do with these people visa just putting them back into society.

Well, I wan't to wish all the child molestors,rapists and murderers a Happy Holiday.
The Dominican Republic continues to give these people the gift of freedom.
The goverment should institute "half way houses" inorder to properly monitor and rehabilitate these criminals.

P.S.

They should also seize their assests and give them obligatory jail time in " LA Victoria"

Why not let them go free? It appears you can kill your spouse and be home in time to cook Christmas dinner. With a full pardon, did they let the "Muchacha" go free as well? I am sure because who would wash the dishes?

Not all deportees are violent horrible people. A lot of them are long time legal residents who came to the US as small children. Since the harsh 1996 laws even a sentence of 1 year means deportation. I think these laws go to far and sometimes the punishments don't fit the crimes. People make mistakes and they should be given a chance to stay. I really think these laws need to be reformed so that only the most violent horrible people are deported. It's ridiculous how even a minor crime is considered an "aggravated felony" now. Stop separating families!

Yes Frank176, the Dominican Government should jail most of them for life. Other point, since when is it a punishment if a Dominican or any other Citizens can not travel to the United States? Is the United States the end of the world?

Mr. Frank why don't you give them a second chance? give them a job and let them live next to your wife and kids (if you have any) and see how well this fine citizens are.

joshtati14, that's a good point. The problems that deportees face when they get here is that they are denied a second chance. Many have to continue to commit crimes in order to survive. I agree that there is a lack of opportunities.

I'm sure many more of the deportees would straighten up if the could. I think a government program that would hire theese people and put them to work would be far more succesfull than jail, it would bring social and economic benefits.

Are you serious Mr. DaniDr
The Dominican governments do not even have work programs for those hard working citizens in the country and they going to create one for those criminals. Keep in mind that most of these criminals already had 3 chances. Let me break it down for you. First chance (arriving in the US.) Second chance. (Their first job that paid minimum wages but they wanted more), and Third chance (Committing crimes and selling drugs untilled they were seize). After
That many court appearances and a short time in jail before deportation. Bottom line is they should all be lock up as soon as they arrive in the country.

Thank you guys for not allowing these crazy lieberals to simply come out and say let them go as along as they do not hurt my family or move into my neighborhood. I am totally against these people simply entering the Dominican society with no prior record. Yes, guys, the criminal record from the U.S. is not even taken into consideration when these criminals get into trouble in the D.R. due to jurisdiction issues. I know that the families that have had any of their members deported do not like it, but they are not to minimize what they relatives did. At least they are flown back and given to their families in clean clothes and well fed. Unlike those poor Haitians that are pick up by the military and driven to the border and left in there like garbage. They do not even bother to notify their families. I am really sick of the injustices that are been committed on haitians and then for Dominicans to be asking for those essential rights they deny to Haitians is sickening.

Everybody wants to lock up somebody it seems. From what I have heard, deportees are only tagged, and labled when they enter DR (being labled "a deportado" can be pretty hard especially if your old barrio spreads the word around the town) you know we talk to much. If they have commited a crime in DR before they went to the U.S., than and only, will they be jailed in DR. If no crime was commtied by the deportee he / she are set free in DR. Doing hard time in a U.S. jail does give the criminal element pretty good in house learning from his fellow inmates, I have never heard of inmates spending years in jail, teaching each other how to be an honest citizens in the outside world. If you are not a repeating criminal, you should be given a 2nd chance. But if you are a hardcore, repeating low life, than you should be put away for life in a 12' by 6' jail cell. Most criminals spending 10 to 25 years in a prison and than released cannot adopt to the modern world, so keep them inside period.

But the reality is that most of these people deported aren't looking for a second chance they want the easy way out. I know of many friends and family members that seem to think that all there is is the easy way out not hard working citizens like the rest of us.

come on dominicans, be real with yourself. everyone in the country robs everyone. is it not stealing when you can buy drivers licences in front of the licences office. when was the last time a lawyer gave you your whole deposit back for you renting a houseor ect. everytime the police stop you, they expect money. when you go to any goverment office you have to pay extra to get service. the goverment over charging for beer, food, ect. anytime you buy anything from a business they never have change to get you your change, everyone wants something for free. and not to mention how the woman act. there must be a class taught in the country on how to rob. with that said the country is nothing but one big prison and if they don't be careful it is going to get worse if they dont clean up the beaches and street and lose the tourism.

I know for certain that I commented on this article, but the "powers that be" found it inappropriate. Again, I am noting that people have the opportunity for a better life when they arrive in the United States. However, instead of earning an honest dollar, Dominicans will try to beat the system thinking that no one is watching. Look at them now--and the numbers are climbing!