At the other end of the economic scale, migrants come from impoverished Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The family came from the Dominican Republic about 12 years ago, according to neighbors and the police.

They said he came to the United States from the Dominican Republic as a child and had recently become a citizen.

He cited the case of a 24-year-old man who came from the Dominican Republic, obtained permanent resident status and now works for an airline.

She is a 16-year-old who has certainly soared since coming from the Dominican Republic speaking no English.

Most come from immigrant families, mainly from the Dominican Republic.

The fire devastated her family, who had come from the Dominican Republic.

Most of the aliens came here from Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.

"What happens when a guy comes from the Dominican Republic and he's an old boxer and he gets hit by a truck?"

He spent his teenage years in Queens after coming here from the Dominican Republic.