"My family is broken," says a pregnant Cuban woman and mother of a girl about the imminent deportation of her husband.

The young woman, mother of a little girl, is also five months pregnant.


Marien Acosta, a pregnant young Cuban woman and mother of a girl, watches in horror as her family falls apart after her husband, who had a Supervision and Deportation Order (I-220B), was detained during what seemed like a routine appointment with ICE.

Mario de León Díaz, 26, is facing imminent deportation for not passing the credible fear interview when he presented himself at the southern border to seek political asylum.

The young man went to an annual appointment with ICE last Friday where he was detained, becoming one of the Cubans who in recent days have had to face the possibility of being deported to the island.

"My family is broken at the moment. My daughter is suffering. When my daughter sees that he is not there on her birthday, I will not be able to continue lying to her, telling her that he is working because she is a very intelligent girl," Marien said in statements to Telemundo 51.

"When I have to give birth and have no one there for me. My little one won't have her dad by her side…Please, touch your heart," added the young woman amid tears.

The family's lawyer, Eduardo Soto, clarified that Marien is a U.S. citizen and that a request was made months ago for her husband to be able to legalize his situation.

Soto regrets that the authorities are condemning a family to separate when it was just a matter of time before that request had a favorable resolution.

"They are causing a lot of harm," points out a visibly emotional Marien, who describes the permanent fear that families where there are Cubans with an I-220B weigh on them as "horrible."

The situation is even more worrisome due to the increase in the number of Cubans without criminal records detained during their Immigration appointments.

Other Cubans detained and at risk of imminent deportation.

In recent days, the case of Yoselianys Rodríguez has been in the news. She is married to a Cuban doctor who is also a U.S. citizen.

"We have been together for three years, but we have been married for a year and a half. And we barely got married, we submitted the family petition," revealed Yoselianys's husband, who has also met with local congressmen to address the case, which is similar to that of other Cubans going through the same situation."

"It is 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, in statements to Telemundo 51.

Opinion with which Rosaly Chaviano, a lawyer who is handling the case of another young Cuban detained and facing deportation to Cuba, agreed a few days ago.

"We know of so many people who have been in the United States for many years and have committed serious crimes, yet Cuba still doesn't want them," the lawyer pointed out.

Last week, the case of Lisván Isidrón Cabrera, a 26-year-old who entered the United States in March 2021 through the border, became known as well. He won credible fear, but lost his political asylum case before immigration authorities. He has now been detained by ICE after attending his immigration appointment.

"He has no one, he only has me and his brother. We don't have anyone in Cuba. I don't know what would happen if they sent him there," said his mother, Mirielzi Cabrera, visibly distressed.

At the end of June, the United States government carried out its fifteenth deportation flight to Cuba, in which 56 Cuban immigrants were returned.

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