In the midst of a tense moment for almost 300,000 Cubans who entered the United States in the last two years with a Form I-220A and now they find themselves in legal limboCuban-American congresswoman María Elvira Salazar assured them that hard work is being done so that their story has a happy ending.
During an interview by journalist Mario J. Pentón, the Republican congresswoman for the 27th district of South Florida stated that she is confident that the situation will be resolved favorably for the Cubans next year, thanks to the pressure that she and the allies have exercised over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“I have all the faith in the world that those who have an I-220A will be able to receive parole and eventually join the Cuban Adjustment Act,” said the official.
In that sense, the Cuban-American said that los words interim documents delivered by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) in recent days They could be seen as progress that showed an improvement in the situation.
The official stated that she was confident that Alejandro Mayorkas, Cuban-American secretary of the DHS, would do everything possible to resolve the situation in a favorable way for the Antilleans before the end of the year.
“It has been tortuous, laborious and long, but I have a lot of faith, because the people of the State Department, and the people of National Security, especially Alejandro Mayorkas, know that they cannot leave half a million Cubans in limbo who do not They have somewhere to go. So I am sure that, before next year, we will be able to see a happy ending to these cases,” he said.
Criticism of the regime for supporting Hamas
During the interview, the congresswoman was also questioned about the current situation between Israel and Palestine, since the Castro government has openly shown its support for the extremist group Hamas.
Salazar showed a photograph in which the Cuban ambassador in Lebanon could be seen accompanied by several officers of the terrorist guerrilla, pointing out that he had shown the same image to senior US officials.
“I ask the person in charge of the State Department for the Middle East area: ‘And what does that mean? How can it be interpreted? Could it be that Cuba is inviting members of Hamas to Havana?’” the woman questioned.
“Havana is 90 miles from my house, 90 miles from the city of Miami. The good thing is that the DOS official in charge of the Middle East told me that this image was not good, which means that Cuba remains on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.”
