. >> translation: some dom cannes are afraid feeling hatians are invading.because we are black, nothing else and because we are poor. many conservative politicians say one poor country can't take on the problems of another poor country. thousands of workers have been lining up day after day trying to enrol in a regularisation programme. all want to stay even if they are not welcome. here, at least there's the chance of a better life than haiti can offer. the immigration measures have been backed by many dominicans. in a nation in which calling someone haitian is an insult many hold extreme views about their island neighbours. >> reporter: the haitians are living here not in their own country. you see them wherever you go. before that was not the case. they should go back to their own country. the dominicans and the dominican republic, the haitians and haiti. the apparent mention in february of a hatian man in santiago captured in the amateur photos wide by circulated in the dominican press were a reminder of the tension. police ruled out racism but the death