/ Americas Issued on: 25/04/2023 – 01:45 A timeless American vehicle flying a Cuban flag drives past the American embassy throughout a rally requiring completion of the United States blockade versus the island country, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 28, 2021. © Ramon Espinosa, AP The United States on Monday sent its very first deportation flight to Cuba given that 2020, months after Cuba concurred for the very first time because the COVID-19 pandemic to accept flights bring Cubans captured at the US-Mexico border. “On April 24, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resumed regular eliminations processing for Cuban nationals who have actually gotten last orders of elimination,” a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) representative stated in an emailed declaration. The Cuban federal government verified the flight’s arrival, stating on Twitter it consisted of 40 Cubans obstructed in boats and 83 apprehended at the US-Mexico border. Reuters initially reported late in 2015 that Cuba consented to provide United States authorities a brand-new however restricted tool to discourage record varieties of Cuban border crossers. After United States President Joe Biden embraced more limiting border security steps in January, the variety of Cubans and other migrants captured at the border dropped. The Biden administration is preparing for a possible increase in prohibited crossings with COVID limitations at the US-Mexico border set to raise on May 11. The administration will state more about its preparations today, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas informed press reporters on Thursday. United States and Cuban authorities went over migration concerns previously this month as the Biden administration braced for completion of COVID-era border limitations that have actually obstructed Cubans in current months from crossing into the United States from Mexico. The United States embassy in Havana resumed complete immigrant visa processing and consular services in January for the very first time because 2017 in a quote to stem record varieties of Cubans attempting to get in the United States from Mexico. “The United States continues to motivate Cubans to utilize legal procedures,” the DHS representative stated on Monday. The Biden administration in January started expelling Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans crossing the US-Mexico border back to Mexico under constraints referred to as Title 42, while likewise opening brand-new legal paths for those groups. (REUTERS) Read more on associated subjects:
United States sends out very first deportation flight to Cuba considering that 2020
