Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, March 24th. - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez today criticized the threats of deportation against migrants from the island made by U.S. politicians.
The threat by anti-Cuban politicians to deport Cubans who have emigrated to the United States is an act of cruel cynicism, the Foreign Affairs Minister stated on the social network X.
According to him, Cubans are being pushed and encouraged to leave the island by the hardships caused by the economic blockade imposed by Washington.
Rodríguez also asserted that "the government of that country itself encouraged them to lie when they arrived at the border in order to protect them as refugees."
The Donald Trump administration announced last Friday the revocation of temporary legal status for more than 350,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, effective April 24.
With this decision, Trump ends the so-called humanitarian parole granted during Joe Biden's term to these citizens, allowing them to legally enter the United States and remain there for a maximum period of two years.
Biden thus attempted to curb irregular migration to the United States from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The recently announced measure will place hundreds of thousands of people in an uncertain situation, at risk of eventual expulsion from that country.
In recent days, several US politicians have supported Trump's measure and, like the president, have referred to and targeted migrants with insults and intimidation. (Text and photo: PL)
