Haiti and the Dominican Republic Remain on U.S. List of "Top Drug Transit Countries"

The United States has kept Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the list of "major drug transit or major illicit drug-producing countries for fiscal year 2025," according to a memorandum from President Joe Biden to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, dated September 15, 2024.

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228) (FRAA), I hereby identify the following c