“We are celebrating after so much effort and work the residence,” said the Cuban musician.
Miami, United States. – The Cuban rapper Eliécer Márquez Duany, known as the funky, obtained the US residence after an appeal process that, according to his defense, managed to distort “charges” manufactured in Cuba that prevented their status adjustment.
The artist confirmed it on Thursday in Interview with Telemundo 51together with your lawyer. “We are celebrating after so much effort and work the residence; I am an American resident, Supercontent with today, the work that has been done, the work of the lawyer,” the rapper told the news channel.
The lawyer Miguel Inda-Romero affirmed to the same medium: “He was invented positions in his criminal record that prevented him from becoming a resident of the United States, but we could teach that those background were invented and that he was not affected by his residence.” And he added: “A point arrived [en el] that they denied the residence, we had to make an appeal, reopen the case, apply to forgiveness and was approved; And today, thank God, he not only won the funky, but won Cuban exile and all those who fight for the freedom of our homeland, ”said Inda-Romero.
Confirmation closes months of uncertainty about the immigration status of the Funk. In May, the musician himself He warned in networks that he had “just a month” to resolve his situation or face the expulsion of the country. Days later, his defense reported that the file had been reopened. “Thanks to my legal team, my residence case has been opened. I have a lot of faith in this government and in the legal process. We also clarify that the funky will not be deported,” the artist wrote.
The citizenship and immigration service (USCIS) had initially issued a refusal to its residence application under the Cuban Adjustment Law, after which the defense presented a motion to reopen the case that allowed it to remain legally while reviewing its situation. THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ORGANIZATION asked Then to the United States to guarantee the permanence of 13 Cuban opponents, including funky, for the risk they would face if they were returned to the island.
This Thursday, after knowing the favorable result, Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar celebrated the outcome and assured that her office intervened in support of the artist. “Congratulations to El Funky, congratulations because he achieved the American residence and we delighted [de] that my office could do something for him, ”he said in A video shared by Martí News.
“We knew that if Funky deported him to Cuba he was going to end in the same way as the other two who wrote Homeland and life with the [Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara y Maykel Osorbo, actualmente presos en la Isla]. Congratulations and hope that all Cubans achieve the same (…). Not only does the funky deserve that, but he and all the Cuban people, ”he ended.
The funky reached international notoriety as one of the voices of Homeland and lifetogether with Yotuel, people of the area, Desmer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, an issue that obtained two Latin Grammy and became an emblem of the protests of July 11, 2021 in Cuba.
