Prestigious Florida attorney Willy Allen expressed his sorrow this Monday over the passing of Cuban-American Congressman Lincoln Díaz-Balart, whom he described as an "irreplaceable" figure for the Cuban exile community.
"My deepest condolences to the family of Lincoln Díaz-Balart. Lincoln was a great person. I was fortunate to consider him a friend, and his loss is a tremendous loss for the Cuban exile community and for our community in Miami," said Willy Allen.
Allen also emphasized that the Cuban community in Florida is indebted to Lincoln Díaz-Balart because, thanks to him, the Cuban Adjustment Act remains as we know it today, as he managed to secure it in 1996 by including it in the Cuba Democracy Act.
"Fue una movida brillante. Él jugó, al igual que Ileana (Ros-Lehtinen), un papel enorme en lo que se llamó Nacara (ley que permitió a determinadas nacionalidades aplicar por residencia legal a través de la suspensión de la deportación). "Nacara ayudó a legalizar a decenas de miles de cubanos que entraron por frontera de 1960 a 1995 y se legalizaron por el trabajo que hizo Lincoln (Díaz-Balart) por Nacara, que legalizó también a nicaragüenses, europeos orientales, salvadoreños y hondureños", dijo.
"The loss of Lincoln Díaz-Balart is a significant loss. It was already a substantial loss when he retired, and his passing today is an enormous loss of a great figure who cannot be replaced in exile," he added.
Willy Allen made these statements, visibly emotional, during an interview with CiberCuba in which he discussed the registration that requires all illegal immigrants to enroll; he also referred to the possibility of self-deportation through the CBP ONE application and the lawsuit aiming to allow Cubans with I-220A to access parole in order to later qualify for the Cuban Adjustment Act.
In summary, Allen advises complying with the law, and if the law states that one must register, it should be done as long as the person believes they have not registered previously in the United States.
Regarding winning the lawsuit to ensure that those with I-220 A obtain parole and can benefit from the Cuban Adjustment Act, Willy Allen reiterates that it is possible to achieve this because those with I-220A have already been inspected and admitted into the United States. This is something, he emphasized, that the Democrat Alejandro Mayorkas, former Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), did not do because he is a "fool."
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