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US Homeland Security halts immigration permits from 4 countries amid concern about sponsorship fraud
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US Homeland Security halts immigration permits from 4 countries amid concern about sponsorship fraud

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration has temporarily suspended permits for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to enter the United States and stay up to two years amid concerns about fraud by their financial sponsors, officials said Friday. Nearly 500,000 people from the four countries arrived through June under presidential authority after applying online with financial sponsors in the United …

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US launches first deportation flight to Cuba since COVID-19
1 year, 8 months ago

US launches first deportation flight to Cuba since COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

The US anticipates an increase in arrivals across its southern border with Mexico as COVID-19 restrictions expire. The United States has sent its first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020, months after the island nation agreed — for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic — to accept flights carrying Cubans caught at the US-Mexico border. “On April 24, US …

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Biden toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 people a month
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 people a month

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday the U.S. would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally, his boldest move yet to confront the arrivals of migrants that have spiraled since he took office two years ago. “Do not, do not just show up at the border,” Mr. Biden said as he …

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Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control
2 years, 3 months ago

Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Annette Taddeo walked to a podium overlooking Miami’s Biscayne Bay and described to her audience how she had fled terrorism as a teenager in Colombia and now feared for the safety of her 16-year-old daughter at an American public school. A blue and bright orange bus behind the Democratic congressional candidate carried this message in Spanish: “A future …

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White House moves to loosen restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, and lift Trump-era restrictions
2 years, 7 months ago

White House moves to loosen restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, and lift Trump-era restrictions

LA Times  

Tourists on the beach at a hotel in Varadero, Cuba, on Sept. 29, 2021. The Biden administration announced Monday that it will expand flights to Cuba, take steps to loosen restrictions on U.S. travelers to the island, and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island. “With these actions, we aim to support Cubans’ …

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US, Cuba hold highest-level talks in four years
2 years, 8 months ago

US, Cuba hold highest-level talks in four years

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba on Thursday held their highest-level diplomatic talks in four years after a severe disruption in ties during the Trump administration. The discussions in Washington between senior State Department officials and Cuba’s deputy foreign minister focused on migration, with the U.S. side eager to rein in a growing number of Cubans trying to enter …

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Fake news proliferating online during Cuba protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Fake news proliferating online during Cuba protests

Al Jazeera  

The government says they are spread by counter-revolutionaries, while critics say it is the authorities themselves. The government said the stories, which spread on Sunday on social media and messaging apps, were part of a broader US-backed attempt by counter-revolutionaries to destabilise the country. “Often it is state security launching these kind of rumors to afterwards … say they are …

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Tampa-Cuba ties frayed under Trump, Now, it’s Biden’s turn
3 years, 11 months ago

Tampa-Cuba ties frayed under Trump, Now, it’s Biden’s turn

Associated Press  

TAMPA, Fla. — Before Fidel Castro, before Communism, Tampa residents jokingly said their city was Cuba’s northern-most province due to the ties they shared. “Democracy and human rights in other countries was part of the Biden’s campaign ethos and will be tied to any Cuba policies.” Tampa’s Rafael Pizano, who lobbies internationally for better human rights in Cuba, hopes that …

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