The recent decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) which prevents Cubans with Form I-220A from applying for residency through the Cuban Adjustment Acthas affected a family originally from the Island that entered the United States with this document and hoped to adhere to said law.
According to the media Univisionthe couple arrived in the United States across the border, obtaining an I-220A a year and four months ago, however, now they do not know what will happen to their status in the country.
“I even felt like crying. “It’s frustrating,” the woman said. “It affected me, because we don’t know what could happen a few years from now, if it is not just decided that I-220A is a parole“, added her husband to the aforementioned medium.
According to the couple, they had not applied for the Cuban Adjustment Act because they were waiting for the resolution of their status by the lawyers, so now they only have hope that political asylum will be approved.
The couple, who have two children, also requested the help of professionals, as they were trapped in legal limbo.
The man points out that he has heard of cases in which Cubans who entered with I-220A received residency, but that he and his close friends do not know any of them, so he knows that these cases are very few.
In that sense, he requested the help of immigration lawyers, as he knows that their legal advice will be invaluable for his family and for the thousands of Cubans who have been affected by the BIA verdict.
In an interview with journalist Javier Díaz, the family stated that they do not wish to return to the Island, since a long time has passed since they stopped worrying about the shortages and economic crisis experienced in the Greater Antilles.
“I actually discussed this with my husband, we don’t see ourselves living right now, not after living here for so long and with the situation that is being experienced in Cuba,” the woman responded.
The verdict taken by the BIA this Monday, September 11, took by surprise thousands of Antilleans who were waiting to obtain permanent residence in the United States, and who hoped to be able to use their Form I-220A as a parole to cling to the Cuban Adjustment Act.
