Cuban mother of a two-year-old boy who was deported from the U.S. to the island is living a nightmare.

Vivian Limonta Reyes, a Cuban mother of a two-year-old boy who was deported at the end of August from the U.S. along with 47 other people, is living a nightmare since she arrived on the island, as even her son had to undergo surgery in her absence, making her feel powerless and desperate.

Eduardo Soto, the immigration lawyer in charge of the case, blames the United States for the mishandling of the immigration case and believes that the authorities violated their own laws by deporting her without having made a decision on the "motion for reopening" of the case.

"If you have a claim, you have the right to remain here until you are interviewed and the appropriate waivers are decided," said the lawyer in statements to Telemundo 51.

"There has to be a solution because a court tells me that the Miami court has to address our arguments, and the Miami court says it is the Atlanta court; someone has to listen to this," added Limonta Reyes' legal representative.

However, a statement sent to the cited media by ICE claims that the last motion presented to reopen Limonta's case was on October 22, 2020, and was denied on the 28th of that same month, leading to deportation.

"If the court accepts our arguments that there was a failure on the part of the court to notify her, then they reopen the case and she has the right to return to the U.S.," Soto concluded regarding Vivian Limonta's chances of returning.

For now, the grieving mother remains in Cuba, where she talks via video call every day with her two-year-old son diagnosed with autism, who was recently operated on at Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

The harsh deportation

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 on her fifth appointment with immigration in Miramar.

"On July 15, I went to sign, and at 12:30 a deportation officer came out and told me that I was going to be transferred to Broward," Limonta previously recounted.

Vivian Limonta was sent back to Cuba on August 27, after spending nearly a month at the Broward Detention Center.

In previous interviews, the woman has pleaded from the island with immigration authorities to reevaluate her case and allow her to return with her son and her husband, Osmani Pérez, a Cuban nationalized American, 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'm both a father and a mother. I have to be the provider as well. I don't know, the love of a mother cannot be replaced," Pérez 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 do not understand how they do not take that into account," added Vivian Limonta's husband in an interview with the aforementioned media outlet.

The separation has been devastating for Vivian, who says that since she arrived in Cuba, she cannot stop thinking about her son and the difficult challenge her husband faces in caring for the child alone.

"It's 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's not fair that they are separating mothers from their children," said Vivian Limonta, who pleads for a second chance, not just for herself but especially for the emotional well-being of her son, whose medical condition requires the presence of his mother.

When the case was made public in July, it was specified that Vivian was a participant in the MPP Immigration program, initiated by the United States in 2019. The Cuban woman had problems attending an immigration appointment and was automatically given a deportation order in absentia. After four years, that I-220B document took a toll on her.