A woman of Cuban origin who entered the United States in 2019 after requesting political asylum in the North American country assured that she was threatened with losing her legal residence after a recent trip to the island.
According to journalist Javier Díaz, from Univisionthe woman had to travel to the Greater Antilles because her father became seriously ill, and after her return to the United States, the immigration authorities warned her that she could not do it again if she did not want to lose the opportunity to eventually obtain the American citizenship.
The woman, who decided to remain anonymous, indicated that she entered the country requesting political asylum, but that she closed that file after receiving a Form I-220A. And after returning from Cuba, the agent who received her at the Miami Airport made it clear that those Cubans who enter through the border could not return to the Island.
“He told me that I won the residency and immediately left for Cuba, that we were lying here to the American authorities. She told me that here every Cuban who enters through the border, whether the court is closed or not, is lying, that how can we return to the country we were fleeing from,” the woman declared.
The officer also made it clear that she may lose the right to become a legal US citizen, since, according to him, she lied to the authorities when entering the country, something that would prevent her from carrying out the process for citizenship.
The woman ended up accepting the fact that Cubans who request political asylum in the United States must be clear that this does not mean that they can return to the Island whenever they want. In that sense, she stated that we should feel grateful for being received in the land of freedom.
“I got to a point where I stopped answering them because they are right in what they are saying… Let people know that yes, we are going to have to be left with the longing of hugging our relatives, and it is true, to give thanks. Thank you to this country for receiving us.”
Finally, the woman urged all Cubans who find themselves in similar situations to stop flying to Cuba, as they could end up having problems with the immigration authorities.
At the end of February, the case of a family became known who received similar threats after his last trip to Cuba. One of those affected indicated that she had been living in the United States legally for 18 years, during which time she flew to the Island several times, but that it was the first time that she received this warning.
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