At the “Ana Gabriela Guevara” sports facility in Sonora, Mexico, Dozens of tents have been set up in recent days to house Cuban migrants deported from the United States since the southern border was closed on April 6.
According to the Informador newspaper, 180 Cubans who had returned from the United States arrived in the city of Hermosillo on Tuesday.
According to local media, a National Migration Institute (INM) official commented that the migrants who entered via Texas would be deported from Sonoyta, a city in northwest Sonora state.
After being accommodated in the shelters, migrants are registered and given comprehensive care, including food, clothing and access to health services.
In addition, the shelters have staff from the Secretariat for Social Development (Sedesol), Health Services, Municipal and State Civil Protection, Government Secretariat and Migrant Services.
“My trip is to the United States. If for some reason I can’t, I’ll stay in this country. i like mexico‘” Cuban woman Adisleidi Estrada, who left the island with her husband, told Informador.
On January 5, the United States government announced new measures for migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti who they are immediately deported if they illegally enter the North American country via the southern border.
According to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the US will take in more than 30,000 migrants a month from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti, but will be deported to Mexico “immediately” if they attempt to enter its territory illegally.
Now people residing in the United States – known as “sponsors” – can apply for humanitarian parole for their loved ones on the island. If the permits are approved, these Cubans will travel legally to the North American country.
From October 2021 to November 2022, nearly 285,000 Cubans crossed the southern border, according to the Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP).