The US government denied that there were changes in the immigration policy towards Cubans who illegally crossed the border and received an I220-A immigration document.
“There is no change in policy regarding Cuban nationals in the United States who entered illegally,” said the undersecretary of border and immigration issues at the Department of Homeland Security, Blas Nuñez-Neto, in a virtual press conference.
His response was directed to journalists who asked about the case of some Cubans who entered the country and received the I-220A form and unexpectedly received a parole by mail, he cited. Martí News.
Apparently this was a discretionary decision by the National Security Service.
When speaking about current border operations and the implementation of immigration laws, Nuñez-Neto emphasized that since May 12, more than 380,000 people who crossed the border illegally have been repatriated by US authorities.
At the same time, he highlighted that “the largest expansion in legal channels to the United States in decades” has been led, with programs such as humanitarian parole – through which nearly 270 thousand nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have been admitted. and the mobile application CBP Onein which more than 320 thousand people have scheduled appointments.
These appointments allow migrants to present themselves at a border entry point for an interview.
Nuñez-Neto stressed that the expansion of legal avenues and the consequences for those who enter illegally have had a significant impact on the decrease in the migratory flow since May 12.
Nuñez-Neto acknowledged the enormous demand for the humanitarian parole process and assured that those who applied first will receive their appointments soon.
Cubans have complained about the delay in approving your applications of humanitarian parole, and many have decided to resume the old route of the land crossing from Nicaragua.
In October 18,018 Cubans crossed the US borderthe highest figure since December of last year.
