Throughout the 60’s and late 80’s there are more than 400,000 documented immigrants who migrated up North from the Dominican Republic to the U.S and up to 300,000 moved to New York City, making it that the Dominican migration be the biggest documented migrations in the country. Just like the Puerto Ricans when first arriving, not many took notice but as the years progressed, Dominicans became to be known as the second largest group throughout the Northeast region. Although similar to the Puerto Ricans and Mexicans, the main reason as to why Dominicans fled and migrated to the U.S. was of a different kind: exodus. The Dominican Republic faced a fascist dictator commonly known as Trujillo and many sought out to escape his power, like the Cubans with their dictator Fidel Castro. Once Dominicans adjusted to their lives in New York City, they sought out a new home in Washington Heights in Upper
Throughout the 60’s and late 80’s there are more than 400,000 documented immigrants who migrated up North from the Dominican Republic to the U.S and up to 300,000 moved to New York City, making it that the Dominican migration be the biggest documented migrations in the country. Just like the Puerto Ricans when first arriving, not many took notice but as the years progressed, Dominicans became to be known as the second largest group throughout the Northeast region. Although similar to the Puerto Ricans and Mexicans, the main reason as to why Dominicans fled and migrated to the U.S. was of a different kind: exodus. The Dominican Republic faced a fascist dictator commonly known as Trujillo and many sought out to escape his power, like the Cubans with their dictator Fidel Castro. Once Dominicans adjusted to their lives in New York City, they sought out a new home in Washington Heights in Upper