The Honduran digital creator Jeffry Ulloa, resident in Miami, published a video addressed to the Cuban community in South Florida, in which he criticized the attitude that, according to him, some Cubans have maintained toward undocumented immigrants from other nationalities.
According to Ulloa, whose public profile on Facebook identifies Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as his hometown and Miami as his place of residence, the current immigration policies of the Trump administration are also impacting citizens from the island.
In the recording, the Honduran stated that he lived 15 years as an undocumented immigrant before regularizing his immigration status in the United States and began his message with a phrase directed at Cubans: “Mara, mara, the coin has two sides and this time it’s Cubans who are facing the same as us.”
Ulloa accused Cubans in Miami of having maintained a position of superiority over undocumented immigrants from other nationalities: «Many Cubans here in Miami always thought they were untouchable, believed they were immortal, and looked down on us. They would tell us to get rid of, to throw the undocumented out of the country».
The central reproach of Ulloa pointed to the support that Cubans in Miami gave to Donald Trump and his immigration policies: "I wish Trump would win. The Cubans here almost fought over defending Trump. Because they wanted this to happen. Now, enjoy it!".
The man mentioned that last Saturday “a bunch of Cubans were taken in raids” and that, according to rumors he did not verify, those who cannot be sent back to Cuba would be transferred to South Africa.
"I'm not saying I'm glad about what’s happening to them, because on Saturday a bunch of Cubans were taken and supposedly those they can't send to Cuba will be sent to South Africa; honestly, I don't know if that's true," he said.
What is documented is that the U.S. deported 127 Cubans in a single operation on August 21, raising the total number of returns to Cuba in 2026 to 882 people.
On that same day, the first flight of deportees arrived in Liberia from the United States under an agreement to receive up to 1,200 migrants; among the deportees were Cubans.
The cases have sharply multiplied: a Cuban deported to Liberia ended up detained in Equatorial Guinea without documents or legal assistance, and another found himself trapped in the Central African Republic, in Bangui, without freedom of movement.
The author of the video also warned those who do have documents that they are not completely safe: «To those who do have papers, many have at least one family member who does not have papers, who is Cuban, and they will feel it too».
This type of message is not new. Since the end of 2025, videos of Mexican TikTokers criticizing Cubans for their support of Trump and their attitude towards undocumented immigrants have circulated on social media, a tension that has roots in the historical privileges granted to migrants from the island by the Cuban Adjustment Act compared to other Latin Americans.
Around two-thirds of Cuban voters in Florida supported Trump in the 2024 elections.
The video concluded with a statement that encapsulates the tone of the entire message: «Karma comes, and it's their turn now. They are no longer untouchable. Bye».
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