The Dominican Republic says she has arrested more than 130 women and children of Haitians on the first day of repression of undocumented migrants in Santo Domingo hospitals.
Many arrested women on Monday were pregnant and others had recently given birth.
The repression is part of the government's plan announced last year for deportation up to 10,000 unodocucted migrants a week to overcome migration from neighboring Haiti.
However, the government of President Luis Abinader has been criticized for its harsh treatment of Haitian migrants, as many fled the extreme violence of gangs and poverty in the capital's Port-Preness.
The immigration department said women were “offered decent treatment” after being taken to a detention center where their biometric data and fingerprints were registered.
Haitiana, who accompanied her pregnant girlfriend to the hospital, said the government's actions would cause uncertainty for pregnant women in need of care.
“If a woman has given birth today, they cannot take her today because they do not know what will happen. And if she has a C-section, they do not know what will happen because there is never a doctor to assist if something happens on the road, with the baby or with her,” she said.
Authorities have said women will receive medical treatment and all undocumented mothers will be repatriated.
Many Haitians have crossed the common border with the Dominican Republic to escape from the escalation of violence and hunger, sometimes in several truck loads a day.
To activate these numbers, the Dominican Republic has deported over 80,000 people in Haiti in the first three months of this year, according to AFP news agency.
The government of President Abinader had previously expressed its powerlessness from the failure of the international community to restore Haiti's stability.