The Dominican Republic has announced more than a dozen measures to crack down on migrants who have entered the country illegally.
This as people in neighbouring country, Haiti, flee a surge in gang violence.
The measures, announced by President Luis Abinader, include charging patients for hospital services.
It also includes sanctioning those who rent homes or commercial businesses to migrants who lack proper documentation.
The president says starting April 21, hospital staff will be required to ask patients for their identification, work permit and proof of residence.
If a patient is unable to present any of those documents, they will receive medical attention and then be deported immediately.
The government also will deploy an additional 1,500 soldiers to the border that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti.
Abinader also announced that legislators would debate a new bill calling for stricter penalties against those who help illegal migrants cross into the country.
