A Haitian vendor sells peanuts and candy during rush hour in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Dominican Republic will hold general elections on May 19. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
FILE - Haitians hold up their immigration status documents to prove they have work permits, in Haina, Dominican Republic, March 16, 2024. Dominican Republic’s election on Sunday, May 19, has been defined by calls for more migratory crackdowns and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)
FILE - Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader speaks during his swearing-in ceremony in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Aug. 16, 2020. Abinader, the frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race as he seeks reelection, has begun to build a Trump-like border wall along Haiti’s border and carried out mass deportations of 175,000 Haitians just last year. (Orlando Barria/Pool via AP File)
Friends and family fuss over a quinceañera in preparation for her photo session at Colon square in the Zona Colonial neighborhood of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Dominicans head to the polls on Sunday, May 19th to elect a new president and members of their Congress. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
FILE - People wait in vain on the Haitian side of the border, to be allowed to cross into Dajabon, Dominican Republic, Oct. 11, 2023. Dominican Republic’s election on Sunday, May 19, 2024 has been defined by calls for more migratory crackdowns and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)
A billboard of presidential incumbent candidate Luis Abinader in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Dominican Republic will hold general elections on May 19. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
FILE - Haitians detained for deportation look out from a police vehicle on a border bridge between Dajabon, Dominican Republic, and Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Dominican Republic’s election on Sunday, May 19, 2024 has been defined by calls for more migratory crackdowns and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)
An art dealer and the paintings he sells are reflected in a storefront window in the Zona Colonial neighborhood of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Dominicans head to the polls on Sunday, May 19th to elect a new president and members of their Congress. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Migration officials detain undocumented Haitians in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, May 16, 2024. As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, Dominican Republic’s election on May 19 has been defined by calls for more migratory crackdowns and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)