Yeah, Haiti and Dominican Republic are on the same island and started in the same place 50 years ago. They're now on wildly different projectories.

I think parent might be referring to the Red Cross scandal.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-...

I don't think it was in the same place 50 years ago. Dominican governments have been trying to keep immigrants from Haiti out for well over a century by now.