1.   Fernando Mateo, a Dominican community leader, said grief has been intensified because many families actually witnessed the jetliner crash.

2.   In New York City and south Florida, the Dominican communities are considering organizing a protest march against Major League Baseball over what it deems a slight against Sosa.

3.   Is he feeling pressure to represent the Dominican community?

4.   Soledad is a young artist who has moved to downtown Manhattan to get away from her family in the Dominican community of Washington Heights.

5.   The crash sent shock waves through Dominican communities of Boston, Lawrence, and Providence who spent all day trying to make sure their loved ones were safe.

6.   The raucous celebration has mirrored the explosive growth of the relatively young Dominican community in New York over the last decade.

7.   After his presentation, Fernandez will meet with U.S.-based members of his Dominican Liberation Party and with Dominican community leaders in New York City.

8.   Garcia, well-known in the Dominican community in New Jersey and New York as head of several nonprofit organizations, did not speak during the half-hour hearing.

9.   Montero, however, said Dominican community leaders had been told by the government that immigrants without a job or working papers would be deported.

10.   Montero said that Dominican community leaders said they were told by the government that those who wanted to return home could get a free plane or boat ride home.