U.S. Immigration Bonds: What the Dominican Experience Could Change

Washington is testing in the Dominican Republic a mechanism allowing it to require a financial guarantee from certain immigration applicants who may be likely to depend on public assistance. The measure is official, but the widely reported ceiling of $250,000 remains to be confirmed. For Haitians, no extension has been announced at this stage.

A bond of up to $250,000 to obtain a U.S. immigrant visa? The announcement, widely reported in the Dominican Republic, is also raising questions in Haiti, where many families are inv