Cuban influencer Ultrack (Jorge Ramón Batista) expressed his outrage over the arrival in Miami through family reunification of former Castro leader Manuel Menéndez Castellanos, an event that has generated increasing discontent in the Cuban community residing in South Florida.
"Let me see if I understand this. Many Cubans have lost their lives at sea, many Cubans have lost their lives crossing borders, many Cubans have gone through tremendous struggles to escape communism, many Cubans are still here and don't have a single piece of paper, they have nothing legal but they keep pushing forward," Ultrack pointed out in a video shared on his social networks.
"Then this bastard shows up at the airport, by plane, who helped communism, who was part of communism [...] So this bastard, who lived well in Cuba because he belonged to communism, walks through the airport like he owns the place. Someone explain this to me," added the influencer from Holguín.
Ultrack referred to thousands of Cubans who are under I-220A and I-220B orders, who have been working for years, putting effort into their integration process, and still do not have legal status.
Since Manuel Menéndez Castellanos arrived at Miami International Airport on August 15, where he tried to go unnoticed by wearing a cap, a face mask, glasses, and being transported in a wheelchair, there has been growing discontent in the Cuban community living in South Florida.
And it is that, as influencers, journalists, lawyers, and even congress members have consistently pointed out in recent days, on the other hand, there are thousands of citizens from the island in the U.S. who are experiencing a migratory limbo, and many of them are even under an undeserved threat of deportation.
Attorney Wilfredo Allen stated -in remarks to America Tevé- that a federal investigation requested by Cuban-American legislators from South Florida would be the best way to understand why Menéndez Castellanos was able to enter.
"I would like, number one, for the congressmen to find out - because it has to be at the federal level - for the senators to find out what happened here? What happened in that interview?" questioned the lawyer to the cited media outlet.
The lawyer added that even if he had been relieved of his position 20 years ago, “that does not eliminate the damage he caused before he lost his job, nor does it erase the 40 years he spent doing harm in Cienfuegos, nor does it take away the damage he inflicted on the country or the damage that people like him have done to Cuba.”
Santiago Alpízar, an immigration lawyer and vice president of Cubademanda and Cubapresión ID, organizations that report human rights violations on the island, supported the request for a federal investigation.
"What excuse can President Biden and Vice President Harris give while keeping Cuban families divided and in legal limbo, while granting visas to executioners and thugs of the Castro regime?" Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart has also questioned.
María Elvira Salazar has also requested a revocation of the status that has allowed the former leader to land in Miami.
At the same time, the Patmos Institute, based in Washington, criticized what it described as the alarming increase in the entry to the U.S. of "responsible individuals of the communist system in Cuba," which contrasts with many cases of victims on the island who do not have access to a refugee program, as it has been suspended for years.
After being replaced as the highest communist leader in Cienfuegos in 2003 and later becoming the head of the support team for dictator Fidel Castro, a position from which it is unknown when he left, in 2012 Menéndez Castellanos appeared discussing renewable energy in Cuba at a Mesa Redonda, holding the position of Director of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Basic Industry (MINBAS).
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