The Florida immigration attorney Willy Allen has once again addressed the immigration situation of the Cuban musician Yosvanis A. Sierra Hernández, known as Chocolate MC, who has just been released on bail, after being detained for nearly a month, supposedly due to a deportation order dating back to 2022 and having committed various offenses during the eight years he has spent in the United States. According to Allen, the King of Reparto has been fortunate, is blessed, and given the immigration pressure the country is experiencing, he recommends two things: first, to invite his attorney to lunch for the good work he has done, and second, to seek a third country to move to before being deported to Sudan or El Salvador since Cuba does not accept the deportation of the reggaeton singer.
"Chocolate was lucky. The criminal court granted him bail, he was able to leave with that bail, and Homeland Security did not pick him up. ICE, the Immigration Police, has not taken him into custody. I think it’s a blessing for him, and he should use it in a positive way. That doesn’t change what I recommend to him (to self-deport). He has a final order of deportation. He won't be able to legalize his status in the United States due to the crimes he has committed, but he is free at the moment. That freedom continues as long as ICE does not connect with him," he said.
The lawyer has no idea what arguments Chocolate's lawyer could have made to get him released on bail at this moment, given his criminal record. "Who knows? It's possible that the secretary of DHS (Department of Homeland Security) likes reggaeton and Chocolate's music. I don't know exactly what happened, but he's blessed. If I were him, I would take my lawyer out to lunch at a nice place because he has done a great job keeping him here and out on the street. But that doesn’t change the fact that he now has the opportunity to consider where he might rebuild his life, which won’t be Cuba. And frankly, whether short-term or long-term, it also won’t be the United States. I recommend he look for a third country for his future because his stay here (in the United States) may be limited," Allen noted on the immigration program he hosts live every Monday at 11:00 AM Miami time on CiberCuba's Facebook.
Willy Allen compared the luck that Chocolate has had with that of Cubans with I-220B who have been deported to Cuba despite having family and jobs in the United States and no criminal record. Unfortunately, the regime in Havana accepts them back for that very reason: they have no criminal history. This is the case of Víctor Manuel Izquierdo Peralta, a young Cuban father, 21 years old, who was deported to Cuba on April 24 despite having an impeccable record in the United States. His only offense was crossing the border as a minor to reunite with his mother and grandmother who reside legally in the country.
Another very different case is that of the two Cubans who were deported to South Sudan and had criminal records that include certain degrees of homicide. They are reportedly currently at a U.S. military base in Djibouti, but Willy Allen believes that in these cases their deportation to a third country is deserved for failing to take advantage of the opportunity given by the United States to start a new life outside of Cuba.
In this Monday's program on CiberCuba, the lawyer also described as "concerning" the statements made by the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in Havana, Mike Hammer, who confirmed last week that U.S. immigration laws are being enforced more rigorously, preventing visas from being granted to individuals with recent ties to the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC).
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