MIAMI, United States. — The Mexican government deported 94 Cuban migrants who had tried to reach the United States irregularly.
A statement from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) released by the EFE Agency indicates that the group was made up of 35 women, 44 men, and 15 minors.
According to the information, the migrants transited through Central America and the Caribbean, and later embarked on a route to Mexico to reach the southern border of the United States.
The Spanish media highlights that the return of migrants to the Caribbean island marks the first return operation from Mexican territory so far this year.
The deportation operation occurs less than a month after the Biden administration announced the entry into force of a humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans that seeks to promote the legal, safe and orderly entry of migrants into US territory.
The new immigration policy promoted by the United States guarantees the monthly entry of 30,000 people from those countries who meet a series of requirements, although it also penalizes the arrival of migrants through the southern border, where restrictions have already increased for the entry.
The Actions undertaken by Washington have caused a 97% decrease in border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
“These expanded border control measures are working (…). It is incomprehensible that some states that can benefit from these highly effective measures are trying to block them and cause more irregular migration on our southern border,” US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas recently declared, referring to the decision of Texas and 19 other states to file a lawsuit to stop the new humanitarian parole program.
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