To be born in Haiti, in 80 percent of cases, means being destined to live under the line of extreme poverty…[Thousands] of Haitians decide to abandon their homeland and loved ones to enter into nearby Dominican Republic…Lack of documents exposes the immigrants to conditions not very different to those that their slave ancestors were subjected to. The most powerful symbols of this harsh reality are the bateyes, agglomerations of dormitories scattered within the immense sugar cane plantations…The job of the choppers…is hard, tiring and dangerous work….It is not uncommon that…the occasional failing of strength lead to some accident…Work is undertaken for up to ten to twelve hours a day with no breaks, often including Sundays, to cut as many canes as possible. There is no such thing as a written contract, and even less, a fixed wage…