Senator Marco Rubio says it is impossible to deport Cubans en masse with I-220A, whose number is over 300 thousand

Recently, Cuban-American Senator Marco Rubio emphasized the impossibility of returning the more than 300,000 Cubans who are living in the United States and who received Form I-220A upon entering the country.

In an interview with the Telemundo 51 team, the politician said: "It is impossible to deport more than 300,000 Cubans with I-220A, simply because there is no place where they can be received, and if you do, they will return."

He also blamed the Cuban government for the mass exodus, describing the situation as "chaos." In his opinion, the widespread shortages, repression, lack of freedoms and instability on the island have led thousands of young people to choose to emigrate in order to secure a decent life.

He also pointed out that the persistence of authoritarian regimes in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua prevents the migration crisis facing the United States in the current context from being stopped.

He said: "If there were no criminal group in control of Venezuela and the Castro regime that has expelled all the young people did not exist, the migration problem in this country would be reduced by 60%."

Currently, Cubans who possess an I-220A are in a legal limbo in the United States. This document, conceived as a permit for release under supervision, is granted by the American immigration authorities to migrants who are detained at the border. However, in the case of the Antilleans, the biggest inconvenience is that the I-220A does not allow them to apply for the Cuban Adjustment Act and therefore they cannot apply for American residency.

The issue in question has gained special significance following the recent announcement by former President and Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump, who revealed that, if he were re-elected, he would eliminate the humanitarian parole program implemented by the Biden administration in January of last year.

Rubio also belongs to the Republican Party and is quite close to Trump, however, he stressed that it is not feasible to deport hundreds of thousands of Cubans to their homeland, largely because this country does not have the conditions to receive them.

For now, uncertainty persists over what will happen to Cubans with I-220A, and tension is mounting in the debates associated with the complex immigration situation, mainly due to the proximity of the US presidential elections.

The truth is that Cubans who have I-220A are in a vulnerable position and despite the demonstrations they have staged to demand that this permit be equivalent to humanitarian parole and the support received by Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar, they can only continue to wait for a decision that favors them. Former announcer Alejandro Quintana clarified that most of them are immigrants whose main purpose is to integrate into society and fight to achieve a certain prosperity within it, in addition to the obstacles and discrimination they must deal with on numerous occasions.

Last August, the aforementioned congresswoman, also Cuban-American, sent a message full of optimism to Cubans with I-220A, claiming that she had not given up her efforts to help them regularize their immigration status. On that occasion, she clarified: "I continue working to ensure that the thousands of Cubans with I-220A can apply for permanent residence through the Cuban Adjustment Act. I have not forgotten you!"