A Cuban mother, accompanied by her teenage son, crossed the United States border as part of a group of irregular migrants from Cuba and Central American countries.
Once on US soil, the group was filmed and interviewed by the news anchor Victor Castillowho defines himself in his social networks as an independent reporter and border security analyst between the USA and Mexico.
In a video shared on his Facebook channel, Castillo asks some of them about their age and where they come from. Many of them turn out to be Central American minors, except for one young Cuban from Cienfuegos and the mother with her nine-year-old son, who say they come from Artemisa, Havana.
“Migrants of various nationalities, including unaccompanied minors, are reporting to border guards hoping for a chance to improve their lives. That was south of La Joya, Texas, where Cubans, Nicaraguans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, and Guatemalans told me they wanted a better life. Two women were carrying babies in their arms,” the reporter said.
After telling them how the US border authorities will deal with them, the reporter and his companions distributed drinks to the migrants and packets of cookies to minors.
Shortly thereafter, the police agents show up. Border Protection (USBP)who continue to separate and organize the group according to their status as “unaccompanied minors”, “family nuclei” or “single adults”.
Recently Arrested USBP Agents a group of more than 500 Cuban migrants who entered Texas illegally. According to him, the group of 704 migrants consisted of 535 Cubans, 74 Nicaraguans, 49 Colombians, 31 Dominicans, nine Peruvians, three Ecuadorians and three Mexicans.
Agents assigned to the Del Río, Texas sector found a large group at a single incident near a local ranch in Eagle Pass at 3:20 am Dec. 8, the institution said.
The USBP ensures that nearly 90% of the large groups that crossed the border in the current fiscal year (FY2023), which began October 1, did so through the Del Río Sector. The presence of Cubans has increased overwhelmingly in connection with the migration crisis on the island.
Another one in early December Group of more than 400 migrants it also consisted of large numbers of migrants from the Caribbean country.
In the first month of the current financial year, 29,872 Cubans were arrested on the US northern and southern borders. At the southern border, 28,848 migrants from the Caribbean state were detained, 10% more than reported last September.
Dozens of Cuban immigrants held at a detention center on the southern border of the United States now fear deportation to Cuba. after the resumption of deportation flights from the USA. Some were arrested at the Mexican border.
This Tuesday, Joe Biden’s government warned about it will continue to expeditiously repatriate people across the border without legal grounds and to remain in the United States after the federal health agency known as Title 42 expires, which has just hours to run.
In return, the administration is considering change the treatment of Cuban immigrants entering through the southern border and limit asylum claims through this route. According to the WSJ, they are considering expanding a legal entry program for Venezuelan migrants applying for political asylum at border crossings to include Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians, through whom they could fly directly to the United States after applying from abroad.