are they reacting to the black hatians? >> it is racial and it is racial discrimination because when the deportations - if the deportations ensue, the military and immigration officials will target people who are haitian looking, and usually that are people who are darker skinned. >> it has been happening, people have been stopped and deported mass deportations. there has been some of this going on. are you concerned that it is a tinderbox that could explode? >> absolutely. there's historical precedent. the united nations has a list of markers for genocide. i'm not being sensationalist. if you look at the dominican republic it satisfies most of the criteria the precedent of mass violence 1937 hatian massacre. legal exclusion. social stigma of being, you know, on a bus, and the military goes strait - not to people who are lighter skinned, but darker skinned. >> do you think we'll see the mass deportations? >> i hope not. my friends who i am in contact with tells me there's a silence in many of the communities around the coun

and they blamed the hatian government, too, for its failures. thousands of hatian workers didn't get the passports they needed to register as foreigners. every day they help those at risk. despite repeated requests from "america tonight". the hatian ambassador to the dominican republic refused to comment. some who failed to register marched in protest. the sugar cane workers demanded their pensions, afraid they'll be deported without them. >> translation: we received 400, 500, several calls. asking them what to do if officials take them away. many left their homes before dawn, afraid of what might happen. >> reporter: a town on the border with haiti is a major drop-off point for those reported from the dominican republic. it's market day, and thousands rushed back and forth across the bridge and river to buy and to sell. in the chaos we meet one man that said he and 40 others were brought to the border six days before the deadline and left there. he was arrested, despite registering as a foreign worker. his family is in the dominican republic. >

hatians where thousands face deportation. plus... >> under the governance orthodox christianity like all russia's language was suppressed. no more. conservative states are gathering strength. i'll be back later to explain why some are not happy about this. >>> the top stories an al jazeera - a car bomb exploded in sanaa, happening near a mosque frequent the by yemenis. several were injured. this came after several collapsed. the u.n.'s department says it's treating the shooting as a hate crime and possible act of terrorism. dylann roof showed no emotion as he appeared in court and heard the relative of a victim. in india, call for drinking tated alcohol in a slum -- tainted alcohol in a slum climbed to 34. 31 people have been arrested >>> at least eight police officers have been killed in somali. it happened during a raid on a town west of the capital mogadishu. the group al-shabab claimed responsibility for that attack. >>> thousands of protesters of honduras are demanding the president step down over a corruption scandal, a

hatians could leave everything if they try to stay in the dom i hope can republic movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. . >>> welcome back. a a recap. alexis tsipras made a last minute offer to creditors. leaders are heading to secure debt seal. thousands have urged the government not to back down germany has been asked to extra diet a detained al jazeera journalist. he has been moved to a prison. an egyptian corporate convicted him of charges he denies. two guards have been arrested accused of torturing inmates on the outskirtsbeirut a crime against a nation and against humanity. >> thousands of people have formed a unity bridge in solidarity with the emmanuel church where nine black people were killed on wednesday by a 21-year-old white man named dylan roof. the crowd held hands and ond served 90 an hor of silence. gab

the hatians are asking the dominican republic to deport hatian migrants to two points here another one further south. at this time, we are not seeing any massive deportations by the government. it would create economic havoc for the country since it relies so much on the workforce of hey russian migrants and descendants. 200 am,000 people are at risk. people who are unable file paperwork by the wednesday deadline. sporadic cases of deportation but nothing on the scale that's possible at this time. >> the mexican government because addressing a housing deficit many are riddled with unemployment and crime. why people are leaving their homes. >> a house with no one to call it home. hundreds of thousands of them commence commissioned for working class buyers in the middle of nowhere. most of the neighbors have gone. she is holding on, starting her working day in the dark two hours from her job as a nurse in mexico city. >> it's frustrating that i leave at 5:30 in the morning and i still get to work late. the government thought building huge developments would solve the country's housing de

i asked why to men hatians settled in the dominican republic. rather than settle in haiti. >> we came for the university and work. there's nothing there. violence and instability. >> reporter: this is the pastor's wife ministering for nearly 30 years, and feels like an outsider. >> translation: dominicans that can't find work - they treat us like trash. >> reporter: despite the fact that many of haitian extent were born here. this 58-year-old lied in the dominican republic since he was 10. the team met him after he was deported on thursday. >> i have nothing left. my life has collapsed. the next chapter of my life will be determined by the authorities. on friday the foreign minister rather than focussing on deportations praised the registrations of 290,000 people. what we have seen on a massive level is the regularisation of migrants. we did this in the dominican republic on a scale and level never seen in this hemisphere. the department of the immigration modified school buses, ready to take thousands of people over the border. despite having s

they hired hatians to do the bulk of the work.of the sources and documents said the red cross had a difficult problem not hiring enough hatians and that they had a number of expats that were extremely expensive and didn't speak haiti languages. one ects piefort said how can you go to a meeting with haitian government officials and not speak the language. >> brown: laura sullivan, n.p.r., thanks so much. >> ifill: we put a link to the full propublica-npr report, on our home page, that's pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: now, we take a broader look at china. and how the u.s. should engage with the rapidly growing economic and military power. today, president obama discussed the possibility of china eventually joining a major trade deal already in the works with other asian nations. he spoke to public radio's kai ryssdal, host of marketplace. >> well, they've already started putting out feelers about the possibility of them participating at some point. >> to you? >> to us, to jack lew the treasury secretary. that is that if we have 11 o

moved out of the countryside and into the cities. >> some dominicans are afraid, because they feel hatians are invading. their xenophobia because we are black and poor. conservatives say a poor country shouldn't have to take in those even poorer. >> international human right groups like amnesty international are concerned how people are rounded up and taken to newly built detention centers, and if they have the right to appeal. making this case on television to a population in favour of the plan, the dominican interior minister rejects criticism. >> translation: if someone arrives and says they are dominican, how do i know they are dominican? how do i know their identity when i don't know their name. tell me. should i register them for telling me this. how. >> for those still without the required papers, and no options left. all they can do is wait and hope their family will be spared >>> almost 60 million people around the world have been forced from their homes by war or persecution. that's according to the u.n. refugee agency saying it's the highest figure recorded. under 14 million had

she said the threatened deportation is the latest example, a prejudice grown as hatians moved out of the countryside and into the cities. >> some dominicans are afraid because they feel hatians are invading. their xenophobia because we are black and poor. conservatives say a poor country shouldn't have to take in those poorer. >> local human right groups are concerned how people are rounded up and taken to detention centers, and if they have the right to appeal. making this case on television to a population in favour of the plan the dominican interior minister rejects criticism. >> translation: if someone arrives and says they are dominican, how do i know they are dominican, how do i know their identity when i don't know their name. should i register them for telling me this. how. >> for those without the required papers and no options left. all they can do is wait and hoch their family will be spared. >>> in chile, education reform plans requiring teachers to take new tests provoked protests. riot police responded to a crowd in santiago. the president wants to regulate teacher pay

the dom can public human rights group say the law is prejudiced against hatians. hundreds of thousands face deportation, and some of haitian dissent. thousands registered with the government hoping they could stay and work legally. >> translation: all processes have their problems. this process has moved forward. each person identified with the dom can republic. many received status to meet immigration requirements. >> reporter: police in brazil arrested the head of latin america's largest engineering on suspicion of corruption. they are involved in a $2.1 million bribery scheme. the top executive of the second-largest construction company is arrested and they are accused of forming cartels, money laundering. they were among 12 roasted in a pre-dawn raid across four states on friday. >> more than a tonne of confiscated ivory has been crushed. it was held up and put onto a conveyor and became dust in minutes. 25,000 were killed every year. it's easy to buy ivory illegally on lain and from shops. >> reporter: in parts of africa elephants are being wiped out. and kil

the hatians are asking the dominican republic to deport suspected haitian migrants to two points here and another further south near the capital. we are not seeing massive deportations by the dominican republic. it would create economic havoc, because it relies on the workforce of haitian migrants. 200,000 people are at risk of deportation, people unable to file work by wednesday. we see individual cases, but nothing on the sale that is possible at this time. >>> cuba enters a new era in relations with the united states there are concerns that its unique heritage will disappear. it's a fine balance as millions look to benefit from the changing times. >> reporter: it has the faded grandeur, the architecture is stunning. there's a picture wherever you turn. it's still chasing the modern world. not havana but a town more than 200km to the south. this is another gem in cuba's rich diverse heritage. not surprisingly, it draws the tourists. thousands of them. then you have this the can can of cuba a strip of resorts growing by the day. many fear the country will be swallowed by this the wro

visited and says the threatened deportation are the latest example of discrimination towards those with hatiannd a prejudice has grown as they moved out of the countryside and into the cities. >> translator: some dominicans are afraid because they feel haitians are invading and there is a phobia because we are black and we are poor. many conservatives say a poor country shouldn't have to take in those even poorer. >> reporter: international human rights group like amnesty international are concerned how people will be rounded up and taking to newly built detention centers and if they have the right to appeal but making this case on television to a pop laying escalation largely in favor of the plan the dominican interior minister rejects international criticism. >> translator: if someone arrives and says they are dominican how do i know they are dominican and how do i know their identity when i don't even know their name? tell me. should i register them just for telling me this? how? >> reporter: for those still without the required papers and with no options left all they can do is wait and ho