Although many Latinos who benefit from the United States’ humanitarian parole, including Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Haitians, dream of finding a “sponsor” to claim and welcome them in this country, the truth is that in many Cases the case didn’t happen. It has a “happy ending”.
This week on our website we reported on the experience of a Cuban in Miami who recalled that many arrive with debts, usually to family members, and that families end up at odds because of the pressure to collect money quickly or even pay interest or not talk to each other if what is “brought” can become independent. This happens with Cubans, but also with other nationalities.
It was recently revealed that at least eight Nicaraguan parolees on humanitarian grounds denounced abuses by their sponsors after arriving in the United States.
Some who traveled legally to the United States under humanitarian parole – an immigration benefit the U.S. government is granting this year to people from Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti – have suffered abuse, threats and labor exploitation at the hands of their sponsors, ie they are responsible for supporting them.
Exploitation of sponsors for probation in the USA
The worst part is that most of these sponsors are family members or close friends. In this case, the eight victims who had the courage to report the crime were four men and four women between the ages of 25 and 45.
Migrants are subjected to various forms of abuse, ranging from insults and humiliation to situations of labor exploitation and violations of their human rights. In addition, they live in constant fear of deportation to their country of origin and under constant threat from their sponsors.
For example, they commented on the case of someone who came to the United States with the promise of being employed in construction, but after work falls victim to exploitation because his sponsor pays him less than others, with the excuse: that “ It was he who brought him to this country.” These cases are increasing with several beneficiaries on probation.
To date, over 47,000 Cubans have been paroled to the United States on humanitarian grounds, and it is believed that there must also be cases like this, although they have not dared to report it and are just waiting to “pay their debts.” settle”. ”