The Cuban Deivy Alemán Oropesa, who self-deported to Cuba in September 2025 after receiving a deportation order from the United States, has once again asked for help to be able to temporarily reunite with his daughter before undergoing another open-heart surgery.
In a video shared by journalist Javier Díaz, from Univision 23, Alemán explained from the island that he has been separated from his wife and daughter for over a year and that his main concern now is to be able to support his daughter during the upcoming medical procedure.
"I tried to do things the right way so I could return regularly after my wife’s request over a year ago," he explained.
Alemán stated that his wife and daughter, both U.S. citizens, have been able to travel to Cuba occasionally to visit him, although the distance has made the past year particularly difficult for the entire family.
"I have been separated from my little girl for a long time. The positive thing is that they can come because they are American citizens, and they have visited me when the agency helps them, so they can come once every two months or whenever they are able to," he recounted.
The Cuban also described the economic consequences of his absence from the family home, where his wife has had to take on a large part of the responsibilities alone.
"It has been a very difficult year being apart from them and without my support back at home with everything... the bills, with all that needs to be paid there and a very complicated situation," he noted.
The main concern of Alemán is the health of his daughter Keira who was born with a complex congenital heart defect and has already had to undergo multiple open-heart surgeries.
"She is coming soon, the girl’s surgery is approaching. It’s a very difficult process that has me worried because we have already been through this. She has had several open-heart surgeries and was much younger. She is older now, she knows much more; the process she is going to go through this time is tougher."
The family explained in September that Keira was born with tricuspid valve absence and is preparing for a new intervention.
The request for Deivy to accompany her during the surgery had already been made public, after USCIS approved the expedited processing of her case, although that step does not imply immediate authorization to return to the United States.
Now, Alemán insists that any temporary solution would be sufficient if it allows him to be with his daughter during the procedure.
"I am asking that some congressperson, some senator, someone who can, I don’t know, expedite the case for us and allow us to have a reunification with her or a humanitarian parole for one month, two months," he stated.
"What I would like is to be with her during her next surgery to give her my support and be there together because it's a very complicated process ahead," he added.
His wife, Yisel Miguel Sarduy, has also publicly requested the intervention of U.S. lawmakers.
Recently, she pleaded with congressmen and senators for a temporary humanitarian authorization that would allow her husband to be present during the surgery and return to Cuba afterward if he still needs to continue his immigration process there.
The family is not necessarily requesting that Alemán be able to permanently settle in the United States immediately.
According to Yisel, it is urgent that the girl has both parents present during an intervention that will be, based on the published records, her fourth open-heart surgery.
The case dates back to September 2025. Alemán had lived in Orlando for about seven years under immigration supervision with an I-220B form, which is applicable to individuals with a final deportation order.
After receiving the order from ICE to voluntarily leave the country or face detention, he decided to return to Cuba in the hope of resolving his immigration situation from there.
Four days later, the family experienced a heartbreaking goodbye at Miami International Airport. Alemán explained at that time that he preferred to leave voluntarily rather than return to immigration custody, as he had experienced years ago.
His wife, a U.S. citizen, had submitted a family petition to USCIS, and the case subsequently received authorization for expedited processing.
However, the approval of the expedited process does not mean that the Cuban already has permission to return, nor does it set a specific date for their return.
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