The Dominican Republic agreed Tuesday to accept third-country deportees from the United States, reversing a previous refusal and expanding the Trump administration's network of countries willing to receive migrants who cannot be sent back to their home nations.
The U.S. State Department has issued a renewed travel warning for the Dominican Republic, urging Americans to “exercise increased caution” due to high rates of violent crime and a failing justice system.
Nearly two weeks after University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki went missing in Punta Cana, her parents have formally requested that Dominican authorities declare her deceased, according to a FOX News report.
