A Cuban woman, who had entered the United States through the border and had been granted the I-220B (Order of Supervision and Deportation) by a judge, was detained at her recent immigration appointment and is now under the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city of Miramar, in Broward County, for a possible deportation to Cuba.
Yoselianys Rodríguez is married to a doctor, also originally from the island, who abandoned a mission in Venezuela. Ashley Cepero, her husband, is now a US citizen.
"When she arrives, they detain her. And they leave her here in Broward, which is where we are," Cepero expressed to Telemundo 51.
Regarding the trial where they determined that his wife would be I-220B, Cepero said, "they did not defend her and did not prepare her properly. She did not know what to do and how, unfortunately, we Cubans have the language barrier, that was impossible".
"We have been together for 3 years, but we have been married for a year and a half. We submitted the family petition shortly after getting married," revealed the husband, who has also met with local congressmen.
Now Yoselianys faces the danger of deportation to an island from which she fled, despite having a good track record in the United States.
His case is similar to that of other Cubans who have gone through the same situation. "It's very strange because there are people with crimes who are not deported to Cuba. And the people who are honest and have not committed any crimes are deported only because Cuba is accepting them," said Antonio Ramos, an immigration lawyer, to the mentioned television channel.
Opinion with which Rosaly Chaviano, a lawyer who is handling the case of another young Cuban detained and at risk of being deported to Cuba, agreed a few days ago.
"We know of so many people who have been in the United States for many years with very serious crimes and yet Cuba does not want them," the lawyer pointed out.
Chaviano also pointed out that they have observed a pattern in this type of deportations, which is that the Caribbean island accepts young people who have recently arrived in the United States.
They have not officially told us that this is a pattern, that they are doing it this way, simply based on what we have seen, the individuals who have been recently deported, the years they have been here, and their ages, is what is leading us to understand.
OTHER CUBANS DETAINED AND AT RISK OF DEPORTATION
Earlier this week, the case of Lisván Isidrón Cabrera, 26 years old, became known. He entered the United States in March 2021 through the borders, won the credible fear, but lost his political asylum case before immigration authorities. He has now been detained by ICE after attending his immigration appointment.
"He doesn't have anyone, he only has me and his brother. We don't have anyone in Cuba. I don't know what it would be like if they sent him over there," said his mother Mirielzi Cabrera in a tone of complete distress to Telemundo.
Last year, Dachel Caballero, another Cuban with I-220B, was detained by ICE as soon as he arrived at the place where he would attend his immigration appointment.
Caballero had illegally entered the United States four years ago. He was living with his wife and young son.
Another case was that of Francy Pérez, a Cuban who arrived in the United States by sea in October 2022.
Pérez had been released on parole with an electronic ankle monitor, which requires him to regularly check in at ICE offices. He was arrested while attending one of the check-ins.
Luis Alberto Martínez, another Cuban in a similar situation, had better luck last year, after the United States government decided to temporarily suspend his extradition.
That is to say, I have my deportation on hold for a year, during which I have to continue the process I was doing with my lawyer, until I can, God willing, obtain residency," recounted to journalist Eduardo Yusnaby Rodríguez of Telemundo 51.
Last month, the United States government carried out its fifteenth deportation flight to Cuba, in which 56 Cuban immigrants were returned.
There have been 48 repatriation operations involving 744 individuals from different countries in the region, both by air and sea, stated the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) in X.
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