Mother of two-year-old boy who was deported to Cuba pleads for family reunification in the U.S.

Vivian Limonta Reyes, a Cuban mother of a two-year-old boy who was deported last week from the U.S. along with 47 other people, has pleaded from the island with immigration authorities to re-evaluate her case and allow her to return with her son and her husband, a Cuban who is a U.S. citizen.

It also happens that your son is diagnosed with attention deficit (ADHD) and is waiting for an evaluation in November for possible autism.

The separation has been devastating for Vivian, who says that since she arrived in Cuba, she can't stop thinking about her son and the difficult challenge her husband faces in taking care of the child alone.

"My mind is over there, thinking about that creature and the work that his father is going through with him. It's the hardest thing I've ever experienced. Since I arrived on Tuesday, I don't know what it is to eat," the woman said in statements to Telemundo 51, clearly affected.

Also desperate in Florida is her husband, Osmani Pérez, who has suddenly found himself facing the challenge of being the sole economic and emotional support for the minor.

"I can do everything possible as a father, but now I am both father and mother. I have to be a provider too. I don't know, a mother's love cannot be replaced," he lamented.

"I am sincerely very disappointed with this country. I have been in this country for 31 years, I am a citizen, and the child was born here. I don’t understand how they don’t take that into account," he added.

Vivian Limonta was sent back to Cuba last week after having spent a month at the Broward Detention Center.

The woman had been living in the United States since 2020 with an I-220B, which allowed her to remain in the country after entering irregularly. However, her life changed drastically during her fifth appointment with immigration in Miramar.

"On July 15, I went to sign, and at 12:30 a deporter came out and told me that I was going to be transferred to Broward," Limonta recounts now.

The woman recalled, moreover, they told her: "Limonta, pack your things because you are leaving on today's deportation flight."

Immigration lawyer Eduardo Soto, who is in charge of Limonta's case, reported that a stay of deportation has been filed and that they are awaiting the decision from the federal court.

Meanwhile, uncertainty and pain persist.

From Cuba, Vivian Limonta pleads for a second chance, not only for herself but especially for the emotional well-being of her son, whose medical condition requires the presence of his mother.

"It is not fair what is happening. Today it was me with my two-year-old child, but tomorrow it could be another mother just the same. It is not fair that they are separating mothers from their children," she concluded.

Vivian also called on ICE authorities to consider each case individually before making decisions that could devastate family units.

This Cuban mother appeals for a second chance mainly due to her son's clinical condition, which makes the case even more delicate.

It was previously reported that Vivian Limonta's husband tried to stop his wife's deportation through the office of Congressman Carlos Giménez, who issued a statement expressing regret over the situation.

When the case was made public last month, it was specified that Vivian was a participant in the MPP Immigration program, initiated by the United States in 2019. The Cuban faced issues attending an immigration appointment and was automatically granted a deportation in absentia. After four years, that I-220B document took its toll.

Between April 2023 and August of this year, a total of 816 Cubans have been deported to the island.