Amid widespread fears of mass deportation, the Dominican Republic announced on Friday that it had certified the nationality of around 55,000 people whose citizenship had been in question.

These Haitian descendants were at the cusp of losing their citizenship due to a new Constitutional Tribunal ruling that affects the offspring of undocumented immigrants born between 1929 and 2007. As reported by The Associated Press, President Danilo Medina announced the certification at a summit in Guatemala.

Robin Guittard, the head of campaigns in the Caribbean for Amnesty International, expressed her enthusiasm about Friday’s announcement, saying, "It will be good news when the 55,000, to the last person among them, can effectively get all their documents and at last register their children."

There are of course still tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants still threatened by deportation as the risk government begins to come down on undocumented immigrants.

Meanwhile in New York, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has become involved in the conversation regarding the problem of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic and has sent notes to the presidents of both nations inviting the leaders to come up to Borough Hall to have a conversation about resolving this issue.

"It is important that any resolution to this crisis, because this is a crisis, starts with a conversation," Adams said as reported by The New York Daily News.

"As we struggle here in America with our immigration issues and matters, we'll continue to push matters to ensure those who are undocumented have the pathway to citizenship."

Haiti and the Dominican Republic have been quarreling over plans by the Dominican Republic for a mass deportation of Haitian migrants. There are currently an estimated 460,000 Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic.