Yudierquis Reyes is the second Cuban deported from the US and separated from his minor daughter from which he has news this year.
Miami, United States. – A Cuban woman deported from the United States last Thursday reported having been separated from her two -year -old daughter, born in US territory. The young woman – identified as Yudierquis Reyes in A CNN report in Spanish– He arrived at Havana in The eighth repatriation flight From the American country to the island so far this year, in which other 160 people also arrived in the country.
The flight It was documented with exclusive access by CNN in Spanishwhich reported that all deported people “returned to their homeland with shackles” and that, despite the deterioration of bilateral relations between Washington and Havana, transfers continued (at the rate of one per month since January 2025).
Interviewed by the CNN correspondent in Cuba, Patrick Oppmann, Rojas declared: “They left me behind my two -year -old daughter. I asked for it.” According to the CNN report, the young woman was arrested in June during a routine control of the United States immigration and customs control service (ICE) in Nebraska, where she lived with her daughter. Since then more than three months passed in detention centers for immigrants.
Finally, Reyes was deported after having declared “no answer” (innocent or guilty) in 2023 for a second degree aggression position, which was resolved with probation and without jail penalty. In a statement sent to CNN, the Department of National Security (DHS) described it as “illegal criminal immigrant and minor abuse.” However, according to the review of judicial records of Nebraska carried out by CNN, there is no conviction for child abuse: that position – “Child Abuse no Injury” – was retired by the Prosecutor’s Office.
The DHS also said that the girl “remained with her father, ‘American citizen’, to her request.” However, the father told CNN that he is a resident in the US, not a citizen, who crossed irregularly from Mexico along with the mother and did not want the child to travel to Cuba because “life would be too hard for her there.”
The American news chain said that it is the first time that the Cuban government allowed international media to film the arrival of an American flight with deportees. People were landed and processed by local authorities.
The mother, visibly affected, warned that she will try to meet with her daughter: “If I do not recover it, I leave. I hope that Cuba does not ask me back; no country. They will have to let me go. Any amount of time that has to be locked up, I will be.”
The Case of Kings joins that of the Cuban Heidy Sánchez Tejedawho lived in Tampa and was separated from his 17 -month -old daughter and his husband and deported to Cuba on April 24.
Although, after the media impact of the case, USthere is no record that the 44 -year -old Cuban woman has returned to the North American country. “This is only the beginning. It is a step,” Sánchez said to Efe.
Meanwhile, her husband, Carlos Yuniel Valle, He celebrated on Facebook: “At last a good news, we continue to pray that we are still opening doors,” and told Telemundo: “Today I had the Heidy claim interview and they accepted me … and my eyes were crowded with the emotion.”
At that time it transpired that the case had passed to the National Visas Center (NVC) and that Sánchez Tejeda had to manage two migratory forgives (for irregular income and by order of deportation) to be able to re -enter the US.
