Military Intelligence Service (the dreaded SIM), the government Haitian cooperating with a plan that sought to overthrow Dominican exiles. In 2005 Dominican President Leonel Fernández criticized collective expulsions of Haitians were "improperly and inhumane." After a delegation from the United Nations issued a preliminary report stating that it found a profound problem of racism and discrimination against people of Haitian origin, the Dominican Foreign Minister, Carlos Morales Troncoso, gave a formal statement saying "Our border with Haiti has its problems, this is our reality, and this must be understood. It's important not to confuse national sovereignty with indifference, and not to confuse security with xenophobia." After the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, the number of Haitians doubled to 2 million, most of them illegally crossed after the border opened for international aid. Human Rights Watch estimated in 70,000 Haitian immigrants legal and 1,930,000 illegal living in Dominican Republic. Notable people Alejandro Balde - footballer Alberto Baldé - footballer Erick Japa - footballer Josefina Báez - actress Adrián Beltré - former MLB baseball player Robinson Canó - MLB baseball player Vladimir Guerrero - former MLB baseball player Joan Guzman - former professional boxer Ulises Heureaux - former president of the Dominican Republic Al Horford - NBA basketball player Sebastián Lemba - slave rebellion leader Pedro Martínez - former MLB baseball player Lineisy Montero - model Monkey Black - rapper David Ortiz - former MLB baseball player José Joaquín Puello - general and government minister Fernando Rodney - former MLB baseball player Antony Santos - musician Alfonso Soriano - former MLB baseball player Arlenis Sosa - model Sammy Sosa - former MLB baseball player Mamá Tingó - activist Johnny Ventura - musician, politician Ronaldo Vásquez - footballer Dorny Romero - footballer Joao Urbáez - footballer Junior Firpo - footballer Luiyi de Lucas - footballer Marco Luciano - MLB baseball player Peter González - footballer Fausto Rey - singer El Canario - singer Omega - singer See also Cocolos Samaná Americans Haitians in the Dominican Republic Afro-Latin Americans Black Hispanic and Latino Americans Emancipados Dominican people Slavery in colonial Spanish America Atlantic slave trade Racism in the Dominican Republic Mixed Dominicans Notes References External links Article on Dominican Palos music written by Dr Martha Ellen Davis at lameca.org ¿Es racista el pueblo dominicano? (Are the Dominican people racist?) Ethnic groups in the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Lists of Dominican Republic people