A video posted on TikTok by user @hawai1411, a Cuban who apparently resides in Mexico, has sparked reactions by offering a critical reflection on the immigration situation faced by thousands of Cubans in the United States, particularly following the new provisions from President Donald Trump's administration regarding immigration.
The video begins with a direct warning, stating that "folks, I definitely went to bed last night with my head spinning about this famous emails topic, and I only reached one conclusion regarding this: they are testing strength based on fear and psychology".
According to their analysis, the recent emails that many migrants have received from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are nothing more than a strategy of psychological pressure, aimed at instilling fear among those who have arrived in U.S. territory.
“Are they testing their strength to make them leave the country?” the TikToker asked. "It's a very clever tactic on the part of the United States. It's all fear, it's all pressure, it's a truly terrifying psychological operation, but very well executed," he insists in his testimony.
The user urges his followers to avoid making hasty decisions, and to maintain calm in a situation he believes is designed to provoke impulsive reactions from migrants, such as the voluntary abandonment of the country.
During her speech, she also highlights the emotional impact experienced by the migrant community, especially those who, after months of journeying through different countries, manage to reunite with their family members in the U.S. and are now facing new barriers.
“It must be really hard to reach the goal after going through so much, crossing so many countries, spending so many months in Mexico, finally reaching the destination and facing this phenomenon... I wouldn’t wish it on anyone”, he says emotionally.
At another point in the video, the Cuban explains that the emails do not contain specific information such as the migrant's actual address or updated phone number, which, in his opinion, makes a large-scale action of detention or deportation by the authorities unlikely.
Finally, it calls on the community to share the message: "Share this video with friends, colleagues, and family members who may be in a desperate situation today... to help ease their emotional state a bit."
On past Friday, many migrants in the United States, including Cubans, received a notification email warning them of the "Termination of Parole", along with a letter urging them to leave the United States immediately.
The surprising thing was that both beneficiaries of humanitarian parole and those who received parole through the CBP One application faced the same risk, including those who are already residents and even naturalized citizens of the United States.
The immigration attorney, Liudmila Marcelo, stated that she received numerous complaints from her clients and that, upon opening her own email, she, who has been a citizen for many years, had also received it.
"This reaffirms my hypothesis that it is an error of the USCIS automated system because this is the email I have registered for my USCIS account to upload my clients' applications," he explained in a video posted on his TikTok account.
"What bothers me is that this government is currently taking its work so lightly, and that this kind of mistake is being made," he added.
The journalist Mario J. Pentón, for his part, specified in a post published on X that the email is being received even by Cubans who were stranded in Mexico and never made it to the United States through the CBP One appointment.
Pentón also took the opportunity to offer some advice to Cuban migrants who are beneficiaries of humanitarian parole or who have CBP One, both programs that are under the scrutiny of the Donald Trump administration.
To the parole beneficiaries, Pentón urges them not to become complacent with the good news received this Thursday, when it was reported that a federal judge in Boston halted the announcement to revoke the legal status of migrants with humanitarian parole.
"If you entered through humanitarian parole, file your asylum if you haven't done your Cuban Adjustment Act, and if you are of another nationality, present your asylum. If you entered through CBP One, asylum is the way to be protected until the Cuban Adjustment Act arrives," she cautioned.
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