The prestigious Florida attorney Willy Allen has stated in an interview with CiberCuba that he is not concerned about Cubans who entered the United States with an I-220A (order of release on parole), which is granted to individuals who have been detained and released by Immigration officials under the condition of attending Immigration hearings in court.
In an interview granted to this platform, Allen sent a message of optimism to the I-220A: "We are going to win in a Federal Court. Present a strong asylum case. We may have to fight," he said.
According to the renowned lawyer from Miami, "you cannot take away the residency from 100,000 Cubans who entered with I-220A," he stated emphatically.
The lawyer made these statements in the same interview where he claimed that "there is zero" chance that the beneficiaries of parole and family reunification whose applications have been suspended by USCIS this week.
In the same interview, Allen criticized Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar, who has announced a bill to grant permanent legal status to Cubans with I-220A. In the lawyer's opinion, she is speaking "empty talk."
"I have publicly apologized for voting for her twice. María Elvira, who was my friend, is saying something that is disrespectful to any thinking person. She insults me. She knows very well that there is no need to present a bill. The law has existed since 1966. Two American congressmen from Miami proposed the Cuban Adjustment Act, which was signed by the Democratic president, Lyndon B. Johnson, when Cubans were insignificant and had no power whatsoever. The law already exists. It is called the Cuban Adjustment Act," emphasized Willy Allen.
He also added that Congressman Lincoln Díaz-Balart, "brilliantly," included her in the 1996 Democracy for Cuba Act. "That law already exists. That congresswoman is mocking us. She can't propose anything. She's just talking nonsense. It's an insult," he insisted.
Allen recommends María Elvira Salazar to keep doing "something brilliant" that she did in the past, which was to expose administrative irregularities that granted different immigration statuses to couples entering the United States together.
The attorney made these statements following the announcement this week of the suspension of the USCIS processes for Cubans who have legally entered the United States through humanitarian parole and family reunification. In both cases, they can apply for asylum cases, family protections, and the Cuban Adjustment Act, which allows them to access a 'green card' (residency) after one year and a day of being in the United States.
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has eliminated parole, made the CBP One application disappear, which allowed individuals to schedule appointments at the border to seek measures for entering the United States; he has canceled TPS (Temporary Protected Status), which benefited 300,000 Venezuelans; he has initiated deportations to Guantánamo and has begun executing deportations to Venezuela and Colombia.
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