HeImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the United States released Yanoi Alonso Rodríguez, a Cuban migrant whom it held for more than 40 days after taking him into custody during a routine appointment in the city of Tampa, in Hillsborough County.
The Cuban said in statements collected byUnivision that, according to his lawyer,His detention was the result of “a mistake” on the part of ICE.
“They should be a little more aware of people. We are human beings and it is true that there are some who do things wrong, but many of us do them well.and it is not correct that a person who has always tried to fulfill his responsibilities... all by law, is suddenly put in that situation," he said.
Yanoi Alonso Rodríguez was able to return home after federal agents informed him thatHe would not be deported at this time.
The migrant, who entered the United States without legal documentation in 2019, was denied political asylum and remains in the United States under an ICE Supervision Order, which allows him access to a work permit.
The measure, which does not grant legal status, is granted to some migrants who have a final order of deportation but who have not been expelled from the United States, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
After spending more than a month detained by ICE, Yanoi Alonso Rodríguez, in addition to being released, received a notification from ICE saying that his deportation has been detained for 90 days and that he must continue reporting to the US immigration authorities.
The Cuban, who for now breathes a sigh of relief, must return to the ICE office in April 2024.
Seven groups of migrants deported since April
The Cuban government has received seven flights of irregular migrants from the United States since both countries agreed, almost a year ago, to reactivate returns by air.
Cuba and the United States agreed in November 2022 to resume deportation flights for migrants considered "inadmissible" by Washington.
The return was initially agreed in 2017, but was suspended due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the cooling of bilateral relations during the Donald Trump administration. The agreement to return those classified as "inadmissible" was added to the current agreement that allows the return of all Cubans who arrive in the United States by sea.
The first deportation flight organized by the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest, returned 123 migrants on April 24. A few days later, on May 10, the United States government sent 66 Cubans back to Cuba on the second deportation flight.
On June 22, the third group of 36 citizens was repatriated. On July 20, a total of 33 deported Cubans arrived in Havana on the fourth deportation flight from Miami.
The fifth flight took place on August 17 and 29 migrants traveled on it. The sixth from the United States landed in Havana with 35 people on board on September 29. The most recent group, of 27 people, arrived on the island on October 26.
The deportees are Cubans who have missed their credible fear interviews upon entering US territory and have received an I-220B document (deportation order), although they remain free under supervision.
The deportation operations are in addition to the emergency measures applied by the Joe Biden administration to control the uncontrolled flow of Cuban immigrants across the southern border of the United States and the coasts of Florida.
Authorities have increased detentions of immigrants with I-220B when they appear for appointments at ICE offices.
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