Cuban migrants with form I-220A carried out a caravan this April 20 in Miamidemanding freedom for the island, the departure of government repressors and also clarity in their immigration status.
The protagonists of this mobilization, which took place in Little Havana, are holders of the I-220A form (Order of Parole), a document that has implied for many a state of immigration uncertainty.
The arrival point of the walk was the Monument to Brigade 2506located at 13th Avenue and 8th Street in southwest Miami, where they placed a wreath.
“In the name of the freedom of the Cubans I-220A and in the name of justice we categorically reject the actions of Carlos Lazo, who has chosen to be a spokesperson at the service of the Cuban regime, thus perpetrating the oppression and injustice that has afflicted Cuba for decades,” they said in a statement read in the midst of the mobilization.
The journalist of Univision 23 Javier Diaz, who covered the demonstration for the American television network, thanked the attendees for their request for freedom for Cuba and said that “the vast majority of you are good men and women who have known how to shout freedom and face many challenges in such a time. complex for the future of our island. Continue to be free men and women and contribute to the cause of the Cuban exile.”
They also expressed themselves against statements by government officials of Miguel Diaz-Canelas the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla y Johana Tabladadeputy director for the US of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
Precisely, this walk happens days after the Cuban and American governments met to discuss immigration issues.
Prior to that round of talks, official Tablada openly requested, in a MINREX statement, the elimination of the Cuban Adjustment Law, as well as the “return” of all citizens who emigrated irregularly since January 2017date on which the Wet Feet, Dry Feet Policy ended.
“That the US government comply with all elements of the agreements, including the return to Cuba of all Cuban citizens who migrated irregularly since January 12, 2017, and all those intercepted at sea,” said the deputy director for the United States of the island’s foreign ministry.
MINREX also called for “the elimination of privileged treatment for Cubans who emigrate irregularly and work to eliminate regulations and laws that, such as the Cuban Adjustment Law, encourage irregular emigration.”
Immediately the well-known Immigration lawyer, Wilfred Allenreacted to Tablada’s request by calling it a “bad taste joke.”
“While Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador and other countries request TPS for their citizens in the United States, the Cuban government is trying to eliminate the way for its own citizens to have a status in this country,” said the lawyer in statements collected. by journalist Mario J. Pentón for Martí News.
