{"id":203344,"date":"2019-07-31T20:31:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T00:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=203344"},"modified":"2019-07-31T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T00:32:39","slug":"deportations-of-cubans-increase-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/deportations-of-cubans-increase-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Deportations of Cubans increase with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The deportations of Cubans have increased since <\/span>Donald Trump<\/span><\/a> arrived at the White House. An extensive Los Angeles Times<\/em> story relates the uncertainty of thousands of Cubans waiting at the Mexican border to enter the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Compared to the 64 Cubans deported in 2016, the last year of the Barack Obama presidency, in 2018 the figure grew to 463 and in June this year it had already exceeded 380. Projections for the end of December stand at around 560, according to the U.S. <\/span>publication<\/span><\/a>. But the number could be higher.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cubans deported from the United States. Infographic: Los Angeles Times.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The flow of Cubans who appear on the southern border of the United States without prior permission to enter does not cease. The Los Angeles Times<\/em> sets at more than 20,000 the number of those that would be classified as “inadmissible” by U.S. border authorities in 2019 and, consequently, could venture to enter illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to this publication, at the beginning of July there were already more than 16,000 Cubans classified as such.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>loss of the privileges <\/span><\/a>granted to the island\u2019s migrants through the “<\/span>wet foot\/dry foot<\/span><\/a>” policy, eliminated by Obama in the last days of his administration, was a blow to the aspirations of Cuban migrants, and especially families separated on both sides of the Florida Strait. And although the so-called Cuban Adjustment Act remains in force, the increasing difficulties to enter the United States make it more difficult for many to enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump has done nothing to change this scenario, according to the media; on the contrary, he has minimized consular procedures\u2015affecting <\/span>even the Family Reunification program<\/span><\/a> and visa quotas agreed with the Cuban government\u2015and has increased the number of deportations, while applying an increasingly aggressive policy against the island, which includes the full activation of the <\/span>Helms-Burton Act<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The “explicit” objective of this Trump policy is “to make Cubans as miserable as possible so they overthrow the government,” said <\/span>William LeoGrande<\/span><\/a>, a professor at the American University of Washington, quoted by the Los Angeles Times.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In his opinion, the current U.S. government “is contributing directly to the increase of Cuban migration” through the “putting the lid on the pot” strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We intentionally keep the lid on so that unhappy people cannot leave,” explains LeoGrande. “The hope is that the pot explodes.”<\/span><\/p>\n

El limbo de miles de cubanos que esperan para emigrar a EEUU<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n