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Behind the Quota

Behind the Quota

De: Shandra Back
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The Dominican Republic aims to deport 10,000 people each week, targeting Haitians and their Dominican-born descendants. The podcast Behind the Quota reveals the human cost of this crackdown in the sugarcane regions of San Pedro de Macorís and Hato Mayor. Pulitzer Reporting Fellow Shandra Back hosted this three-episode podcast series. The reporting for this podcast was supported by the Pulitzer CenterShandra Back Política y Gobierno
Episodios
  • Caught in the Cycle

    Caught in the Cycle
    Dec 13 2025

    Nelson and Peter’s story is part of a system that counts deportations, not people, trapping them in a cycle of detention, payment, and return.
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    11 m
  • The Cost of Deportation

    The Cost of Deportation
    Dec 13 2025

    As two minors face detention and deportation, their family scrambles to pay corrupt middlemen—money that’s often the difference between freedom and the border.
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    10 m
  • No Papers, No Rights

    No Papers, No Rights
    Dec 13 2025

    Two teenage cousins are detained in a migration sweep. Neither has legal documentation or speaks Haitian Creole. Without papers, they’re treated as undocumented—and deportable to a country they’ve never set foot in.
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    8 m
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