Ana Elena Ríos She is a Cuban who arrived in the United States in recent days, where she was able to reunite with her three children and a sister she had not seen for 53 years.
“It seemed like a lie. It seemed like a lie to me, when he gave me the news on the phone: 'mommy, you got your parole'”, Ana Elena explained in statements to the journalist fromUnivision, Javier Díaz.
“I saw her, but I burst into tears because I couldn't believe that my mother was with me,” explained Yodelvis Llanera Ríos, still excited about the reunion.
Her trip to the United States has had a particularly emotional moment for Ana Elena, who He was able to reunite with a sister he had not seen for more than five decades.
“We both behave. It was sad and painful, but hey…we behaved”, explained Ana Elena Ríos, containing her emotion.
During the years she lived alone in Cuba, the Cuban mother received support from her neighbors, something that both she and her son Yodelvis are now grateful for.
“The neighbors behaved with me as much as possible, because well, everyone has their problems and needs,” explained the lady, who also left a message of encouragement for those who are going through the difficult process of waiting for humanitarian parole.
“Let them trust in God and wait and see, like it happened to me when I waited and God put his hand and brought me.”, he concluded.
The Miami International Airport these days attests that hundreds of Cuban families continue to receive the joy of reunion with their loved ones, whether through humanitarian parole or other means of reunification.
Cuban journalists based in South Florida have left ample evidence these days of emotional receptions from those who have had the good fortune to be able to meet before the end of 2023. The networks have been filled with an excited tide of families with balloons, flags and flowers to welcome your loved ones, these days in a doubly festive atmosphere.
In the case of humanitarian parole, in mid-November the United States government updated the number of Cubans with parole approved between January and October.
According to official figures from the United States Department of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), until the end of Octobermore than 57 thousand Cubans had received authorization to travel to that country for the humanitarian parole program.
Until that date, of the cases examined and approved to enter through that route, 55,568 Cubans had already arrived on US soil.
However, at the end of May, CBS published documents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reporting that more than 1.5 million requests had been received under the humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians. , implemented since January 6 of this year.
Of this amount, more than 380,000 applications for humanitarian parole with financial sponsorship for Cubans were waiting to be processed by the US authorities.
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