Fearing deportation, undocumented Haitians wait in long lines

Outside a processing center in the northern city of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican soldiers and police officers maintained order while hundreds of migrants of Haitian descent waited to register as residents. (Jose Ernesto Devarez/Fox News Latino)

A person carries a migrant boy to an ambulance after he fell from the second story of the Interior Ministry building in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The boy was waiting with his family to register for legal residency. Authorities are prepared to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency in the Dominican Republic after largely putting the practice on hold for a year, the head of the country's immigration agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Migrants, mostly Haitians, show officers their documents as they wait their turn to register for legal residency at the Interior Ministry in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. The head of the immigration agency in the Dominican Republic says the country is ready to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency after putting the practice on hold for a year. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

A Red Cross worker carries a migrant boy to an ambulance after he fell from the second story of the Interior Ministry building in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The boy was waiting with his family to register for legal residency. Authorities are prepared to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency in the Dominican Republic after largely putting the practice on hold for a year, the head of the country's immigration agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Migrants, mostly Haitian, protest after waiting for hours and days to register for legal residency at the Interior Ministry building in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Authorities are prepared to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency in the Dominican Republic after largely putting the practice on hold for a year, the head of the country's immigration agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Haitian immigrants wait their turn to register for legal residency at the Interior Ministry in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. The head of the immigration agency in the Dominican Republic says the country is ready to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency after putting the practice on hold for a year. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Police officers in riot gear guard migrants waiting to register for legal residency outside the Interior Ministry building in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Authorities are prepared to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency in the Dominican Republic after largely putting the practice on hold for a year, the head of the country's immigration agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Migrants, mostly Haitian, protest after waiting for hours and days to register for legal residency outside the Interior Ministry building in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Authorities are prepared to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency in the Dominican Republic after largely putting the practice on hold for a year, the head of the country's immigration agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)