Turmoil continues to embroil the island of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic and Haiti have been in talks about recent decisions made by the Dominican judiciary as well as tensions that have arisen concerning the border the two nations share on the island.

In September of last year, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic decided that the children of "irregular" immigrants from Haiti must be stripped of their Dominican citizenship, according to Al-Jazeera America. This has left thousands without a state, in limbo and without any protections. Many Haitians over the past couple of decades went to work in the Dominican Republic's sugarcane fields and were granted government permits. After years living in the Dominican Republic, the Constitutional Court decreed that they were "in transit" and were not deemed citizens as well as their children.

Though the law came as a shock to the nation, according to Al-Jazeera America, it legalizes something the government has been doing since the 1990s. The Dominican Republican has been denying the descendants of Haitian immigrants identification cards that bars them from working, registering children, getting married, opening bank accounts and other civil activities.

The Caribbean Journal reported that in April 8 talks between the two nations were postponed until May 6. The talks, which were to cover trade, health, tourism and migration, have been crucial concerning the latter. The Dominican Republic's Minister of the President Gustavo Montalvo, who is representing his nation at the talks, requested this third postponement. Now, the meeting has been postponed a fourth time.

Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Elias Jaua was slated to act as mediator between the two nations, however, he asked for this new reschedule because of the situation in Venezuela, according to Telesur. He said he remained eager to participate in the talks but also asked for the meeting to be held in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, rather than the provincial city of Jacmel.

According to news station, the meeting has been postponed until May 8. In this third installment of the bilateral discussions, the two nations will reaffirm the agreement of November signed in Venezuela that would restart the dialogue and create a high level panel that would organize a work agenda.