PHOTO: Haitians face persecution across Dominican border uncategorized Vehicles and merchants mingle as they hustle to transport rice, cement and other goods across the Jimani border on market day in which the border opens and anyone can cross. Vehicles and merchants mingle as they hustle to transport rice, cement and other goods across the Jimani border on market day in which the border opens and anyone can cross. A Haitian man rides atop a public tap-tap on route to the border at Jimani. Photos and Story by Jacob Kushner for NACLA.