The Florida attorney Willy Allen has criticized Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar, who just announced that she will present a bill to grant legal status to Cubans with I-220A. In an interview with CiberCuba, Allen described that legislative proposal as "an insult" and advised the Republican representative to stop talking "nonsense."
"I have publicly apologized for voting for her twice. María Elvira, who was my friend, is being disrespectful to anyone who thinks, and she is insulting me," he said visibly upset.
According to Allen, the congresswoman is aware that what she is proposing is already included in the Cuban Adjustment Act. Additionally, he reminds her that this law was pushed forward in 1966 by two Democratic congressmen from Miami, at a time when Cubans were not an influential or decisive voting bloc in Florida, and that Lincoln Díaz-Balart succeeded in safeguarding it in 1996 by incorporating it into the Cuba Democracy Act.
"There is no need to present any bill. The law already exists and it is the Cuban Adjustment Act. That congresswoman is mocking us when she says she is going to propose the law. She can't propose anything. It's a lack of respect. She's just talking nonsense," insisted the lawyer.
"If she really wanted to do something, she would put pressure on her friend, the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) secretary, to state that the Cuban Adjustment Act applies to Cubans with I-220 A because they were inspected and admitted," she emphasized.
In the opinion of the prestigious attorney from Florida, we are facing an administrative problem. "Instead of talking nonsense about a new law, argue with your government that what it should do is administratively apply what already exists," he concluded.
Allen made these statements this Thursday in an interview with CiberCuba, where he analyzed the consequences of the Trump Administration's decision to halt the immigration processes that beneficiaries of humanitarian parole and family reunification currently have underway.
It is important to remember that Trump canceled the parole immediately upon taking office on January 22, 2025. However, this immigration measure that allows entry into the United States for two years with a work permit, provided there is a financial sponsor, was already in critical condition. In July 2024, the Biden Administration suspended it upon detecting irregularities. It was later resumed in September 2024, but it never returned to its former state. Ultimately, Trump eliminated it at the beginning of this year.
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