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While Donald Trump signed the documents in Washington for the construction of the wall that will separate the US from Mexico, 70 Cuban migrants were deported to the island from Tapachula, in the state of Chiapas. Dozens of Cubans demonstrated in the city Tuesday to ask for help from President Donald Trump.
According to the migrants, who are just being organized, there are more than 400 Cubans stranded in that state bordering Guatemala.
Almost a week after its inauguration, the US president has not spoken about the fate of the thousands of Cubans stuck in several Latin American countries.
According to Mexican press reports, Amanda Soler, a Cuban-American activist managed to get the Mexican government to grant her a temporary residence for Cubans stranded in Nuevo Laredo.
Only in Nuevo Laredo there are about 300 Cubans waiting for a measure of Trump that allows their entry into the US after the repeal of the policy of dry feet / wet feet that for more than a decade allowed the automatic entry of Cubans who stepped on US Territory.
"We asked for it and beg it with all our soul, let us pass," some of the protesters said Tuesday night. Most of these migrants did not enter the XXI Century Migrant Station in Tapachula, where 161 people were deported to Havana last week.
All of them were waiting to obtain the office of departure, but the Cuban consulate in Mexico recognized them as nationals and authorized their repatriation.
According to the migrants, more than 180 Cubans are still detained and could be deported in the next few hours.
"What happens bother Obama Is That With The Cubans Because They preferred to Trump, " Said another young migrant to 14ymedio , trying to Explain the sudden change of policy of the White House.
The situation of other hundreds of Cubans dispersed by countries of the region also seems to be complicated.
In Panama, the Caritas shelter housing Cubans have seen an increase in the number of refugees from 70 to more than 200. According to Victor Luis Berrio, who is in charge of that institution, the situation is complicated in the border area where the National Border Service is allowing the Cubans to enter.
According to the migrants, it is not even possible to cross within the framework of Operation "Controlled Flow", which was humanitarian aid to those who were going to the United States.
"Several Cubans have been returned to Colombia," said Berrio, adding that the nation's bishops are aware of the humanitarian drama and are making efforts to help migrants.
In Colombia hundreds of doctors deserting "internationalist" missions in third countries are waiting for their admission to the Cuban Medical Professional Parole (CMPP), a program established by President George Bush in 2006 to assist health professionals Cubans who decide to leave government guardianship and seek Asylum in the United States.
So far, about 20 visas have been issued to health personnel since Obama repealed the program. In the last ten years, more than 8,000 Cuban professionals escaped to the United States through the CMPP.
In the border regions between Colombia and Panama dozens of Cubans hope to continue their trip to the United States.
According to Krüger Sarmiento, Director of Migration Colombia, more than 8,000 Cubans were deported last year, a figure well above that of 2015. The deportations from Colombia were mostly made to neighboring countries like Ecuador and Panama.
Source: 14ymedio
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