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US resumes deportation flights to Cuba after two-year suspension

Washington — The Biden administration resumed deportation to Cuba after a two-year hiatus this week, saying anyone attempting to enter the United States without a legal permit could be returned to a communist-controlled island. Warning to Cuban immigrants.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had made the first deportation flight to Cuba since December 2020, when air deportations from the United States to Havana were largely halted. said to have gone

A Homeland Security official says the Cuban government has agreed not to retaliate against deportees, and US officials in Havana plan to monitor Cuban involvement said. All Cuban migrants deported Monday had received final deportation orders, officials added.

A Homeland Security official said Monday’s deportation meant “resuming air shipments” to Cuba.

“The United States has a long-standing policy to relocate to its country of origin all aliens who have no legal basis to stay in the United States. This policy applies to all noncitizens regardless of nationality, including Cuban nationals. will,” the State Department said. .

Cuban Ministry of the Interior Said 123 Cubans arrived on Monday’s deportation flight. This includes 83 of her migrants processed along the U.S.-Mexico border and another 40 of hers detained at sea.

The resumption of U.S. deportations to Cuba surged to unprecedented levels last year as the Biden administration tests several measures to deter illegal border crossings. 221,000 Cuban immigrants processed by U.S. border officials, a record high. The U.S. government Attribution The mass exodus from Cuba, the economic crisis there, food shortages, political repression, and visa-free travel for Cubans to Nicaragua and from there to the U.S. border.

More than 42,000 Cubans were detained at the U.S. border in December, the height of last year’s historic immigration wave. The Biden administration then tightened border enforcement measures by persuading Mexico to bring Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians back if they tried to enter the United States illegally.

Mexico has agreed to accept up to 30,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans each month, but the Biden administration will legally allow equal numbers of immigrants from those four countries if Americans apply for sponsorship. He promised to allow me to fly to the United States.

After the United States began deporting Cubans to Mexico, title 42 Pandemic-era border restrictions have sharply reduced the number of arrests of Cuban immigrants by border agents. Border Patrol agents arrested just 117 Cubans after illegally crossing Cuba’s southern border in March, down 99% from December. government data show.

Still, U.S. officials say the number of migrants coming to the southern border could surge again once Title 42 ends on May 11, due to the end of the nationwide COVID-19 public health emergency. I warn you. When Title 42 expires, 10,000 to 13,000 migrants will cross the southern border every day.

To deter immigration, the administration proposed rules limiting asylum eligibility, began expediting interviews for migrants seeking protection, and told Colombian and Panama officials to enter Panama’s Darien Jungle, where many migrants pass through on their way. urged curbs on smuggling of immigrants alongwe

In addition to record levels of Cuban arrivals along its southern border last year, the United States is also reporting a sharp increase in the interception of Cuban immigrants at sea. In fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted her 6,182 Cuban immigrants in the Florida Strait and Caribbean Sea. This is his 638% increase from 2021.

Six months later, the tally is already over the current fiscal year and the Coast Guard recording As of the beginning of this month, 6,317 Cuban immigrants were barred from entering the country. The majority of Cubans processed by the Coast Guard are repatriated to Cuba without a chance to seek asylum in the United States.



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Washington — The Biden administration resumed deportation to Cuba after a two-year hiatus this week, saying anyone attempting to enter the United States without a legal permit could be returned to a communist-controlled island. Warning to Cuban immigrants.In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had made the first deportation flight to Cuba since December 2020, when air deportations from the United States to Havana were largely halted. said to have goneA Homeland Security official says the Cuban government has agreed not to retaliate against deportees, and US officials in Havana plan to monitor Cuban involvement said. All Cuban migrants deported Monday had received final deportation orders, officials added.

A Homeland Security official said Monday’s deportation meant “resuming air shipments” to Cuba.“The United States has a long-standing policy to relocate to its country of origin all aliens who have no legal basis to stay in the United States. This policy applies to all noncitizens regardless of nationality, including Cuban nationals. will,” the State Department said. .

Cuban Ministry of the Interior Said 123 Cubans arrived on Monday’s deportation flight. This includes 83 of her migrants processed along the U.S.-Mexico border and another 40 of hers detained at sea.The resumption of U.S. deportations to Cuba surged to unprecedented levels last year as the Biden administration tests several measures to deter illegal border crossings. 221,000 Cuban immigrants processed by U.S. border officials, a record high. The U.S. government Attribution The mass exodus from Cuba, the economic crisis there, food shortages, political repression, and visa-free travel for Cubans to Nicaragua and from there to the U.S. border.More than 42,000 Cubans were detained at the U.S. border in December, the height of last year’s historic immigration wave. The Biden administration then tightened border enforcement measures by persuading Mexico to bring Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians back if they tried to enter the United States illegally. Mexico has agreed to accept up to 30,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans each month, but the Biden administration will legally allow equal numbers of immigrants from those four countries if Americans apply for sponsorship. He promised to allow me to fly to the United States.

After the United States began deporting Cubans to Mexico, title 42 Pandemic-era border restrictions have sharply reduced the number of arrests of Cuban immigrants by border agents. Border Patrol agents arrested just 117 Cubans after illegally crossing Cuba’s southern border in March, down 99% from December. government data show.Still, U.S. officials say the number of migrants coming to the southern border could surge again once Title 42 ends on May 11, due to the end of the nationwide COVID-19 public health emergency. I warn you. When Title 42 expires, 10,000 to 13,000 migrants will cross the southern border every day. To deter immigration, the administration proposed rules limiting asylum eligibility, began expediting interviews for migrants seeking protection, and told Colombian and Panama officials to enter Panama’s Darien Jungle, where many migrants pass through on their way. urged curbs on smuggling of immigrants alongweIn addition to record levels of Cuban arrivals along its southern border last year, the United States is also reporting a sharp increase in the interception of Cuban immigrants at sea. In fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted her 6,182 Cuban immigrants in the Florida Strait and Caribbean Sea. This is his 638% increase from 2021.Six months later, the tally is already over the current fiscal year and the Coast Guard recording As of the beginning of this month, 6,317 Cuban immigrants were barred from entering the country. The majority of Cubans processed by the Coast Guard are repatriated to Cuba without a chance to seek asylum in the United States.

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Camilo Montoya Galvez

Camilo Montoya Galvez is an immigration reporter for CBS News. Based in Washington, he covers immigration policy and politics.

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