Cuban mother manages to reunite with her daughter through parole despite being denied boarding at first.

Elsa Carrera is a Cuban mother and grandmother who was able to complete her journey to the U.S. this Monday as a beneficiary of humanitarian parole, a trip that was not without setbacks, as Delta Airlines initially denied her and other passengers boarding, citing the suspension of travel permits announced by the U.S. State Department.

From Terminal 3 of Havana Airport, Carrera explained to journalist Mario J. Pentón the anguish he was experiencing after the travel ban.

However, Elsa was finally able to travel, and the communicator interviewed the Cuban this Monday shortly after her arrival at Miami Airport, where she and her daughter Leidys appeared very excited and grateful to the journalist for the visibility he gave to the case.

Elsa Carrera expressed great satisfaction, also, with the possibility of starting a new life with her daughter and her five-month-old granddaughter in U.S. territory.

However, happiness is never complete, and she regretted that her husband had to stay in Cuba for the moment, as his permit did not arrive on time, despite the fact that both had been approved since June.

After more than 48 hours of uncertainty and concern, this Monday a group of Cubans who had a valid travel permit to arrive in the U.S. by humanitarian parole were able to board their flights.

However, the recommendation to those concerned is to verify that their permit has not been revoked, as some authorizations that had already been granted have now been annulled as part of the review that officials from the Department of State would be conducting following a report that revealed massive fraud in application forms by some sponsors.

The authorities also added that they were working with stakeholders, including airlines and sponsors, to resolve the issues that have arisen as soon as possible.

The clarification arose after beneficiaries of the program who had reserved flights on American Airlines, Southwest, and other airlines were left stranded on August 3 at Cuban airports when the airlines did not allow them to board their flights.

Temporary suspension of travel permits for beneficiaries of humanitarian parole.

On August 2, the U.S. government temporarily froze travel permits for beneficiaries of the humanitarian parole program following an internal report that revealed significant levels of fraud, Fox News reported, citing a spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The government source indicated that "as a precaution" they suspended the issuance of advance travel authorizations for the program since mid-July, while they proceed to review in detail the applications from sponsors, which is where the focus of fraud is placed.

The CBP stopped issuing travel authorizations to Venezuelans on July 6 and to Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians since July 18.

Some of the reasons why the United States government decided to temporarily halt the granting of permits were revealed in an internal report from the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The authorities indicated that they will restart processing as soon as possible "with the appropriate safeguards," although they did not provide a likely date for the resumption of travel permit concessions.

As of the end of June, 106,757 Cubans had benefited from the program, and about 104,130 had already traveled to U.S. territory, according to official figures from CBP.