MIAMI, United States. – The United States Department of State would be preparing a tightening of immigration restrictions against Cuban citizens identified as participating in acts of repudiation and other demonstrations organized against US diplomats, including actions directed against their head of mission in Cuba, Mike Hammeras they told Martí News internal administration sources under conditions of anonymity.
According to that report, Washington seeks to prevent the entry into United States territory of people who are identified as participating in this type of actions, both in events that occurred during Hammer’s visits to the provinces and in hostile acts in front of the United States diplomatic headquarters on Havana’s Malecón.
The measures that would be “under evaluation” would contemplate “permanent inadmissibility” to enter the United States, the cancellation of current visas – if they exist – and the revocation of ongoing immigration processes, according to the sources cited by Martí News.
The text adds that the US authorities would be “visually documenting” those who participate in these demonstrations as part of the verification mechanisms. In this context, the sources cited by Martí News They attributed the following warning to the US Administration: “Under no circumstances will we allow our diplomats to be harassed and those who participate in these actions to later try to enter the US with impunity.”
The report highlights that, as of its publication, the State Department “has not issued (…) an official announcement detailing these actions.”
In parallel, the Cuban Repressors project, promoted by the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FDHC), incorporated into its database political leaders from Camagüey linked to the organization of recent acts of repudiation against Hammer.
Among those included are Roberto Conde Silveriosecond secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Camagüey; Yaymir Victoria Basultohead of the Ideological Department of the Provincial Committee of the PCC, also from Camagüey, and Yurisney Gil Monteagudofirst secretary of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) in the same province.
According to the FDHC, these officials would have participated in the “summoning, coordination and instruction” of the protesters. The organization denounced that the events would constitute a breach of international obligations of the Cuban State regarding the protection of accredited diplomatic personnel.
Before the three officials mentioned, the FDHC had already included in its list of violent repressors, for the same reason, the following: Yoel Santiesteban Lópezhead of the Organization Department of the Provincial Committee of the UJC in Camagüey; Yolanda Molina Castillosecretary of the UJC in the Camagüey municipality; Elsy Consuelo Tamayo Lópezmember of the Provincial Committee of the PCC in Camagüey; and Dayanny Frances Ferreraalso a member of the Provincial Committee of the UJC.
