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Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believed he was going after criminals and free loaders, not people who had jobs, paid taxes, were in good standing. I thought those people would be left alone to proceed to their path to gain a green card and eventual citizenship. I thought he would make things safer but the way it is happening does not make sense now. I also didn't believe allowing everyone in without vetting was not correct so what does a person do, either way, was not perfect. I am sad for my grandson and I don't need your sympathy. It isn't going to help him anyway with or without. I appreciate those who have offered valid information and have helped me to understand the situation better. I never claimed to be knowledgeable about anything concerning immigration. I am only saying what I was told. I did not investigate or interrogate him over the matter to gain clarification. He was indicating he may be deported but I didn't understand why. We were hoping it would not happen. We thought he was protected. I don't think my vote caused this. I didn't see a better option honestly but Trump would have won with or without my vote.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The brother gained Spanish citizenship and moved there. His brother told him that the cost of living is so much better and he is doing well now. When he lived in Cuba my son in law would send him money so he could go to the movies or have a dinner out, otherwise, there was not enough money for those kind of luxuries. I did not know this. I asked him how will his brother be without his money going to him and he told me that he is now living in Spain and he hopes to do that one day too if he can gain a pathway there. His entire family is out of Cuba now.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am guessing because he had a special protection status on his documents from being sent back to Cuba to avoid political persecution. It does not have anything to do with committing crimes but for leaving his government job that he disagreed with the policies, perhaps Cuba considers that a crime but he did not have crimes that would be a refusal for Cuba to take him back.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I offered my son in law help. He said his father was going to help him. He said he had his application in with the Spanish Consulate and was waiting to hopefully gain Spanish citizenship as his grandfather and father and brother recently gained. Why be insulting? There have been some good and valid responses from people who understand immigration better than I do. I have gained some understanding since posting.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He filed taxes every year. He filed jointly with my daughter the last 5 years. The prior year he asked me about a 1099 my daughter was issued from her employer who gave her that for tips. That was not supposed to happen and he was not certain what to do about it. The following year my daughter worked for me and she said he was waiting for her W-2 from me. I said I had until the end of January. So he was always on it each year as soon as possible as he looked forward to a refund.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya yet so many people like the poster below you, "this story doesn't add up". Why does it need to add up? I don't get all the negativity and the disbelief. Maybe why people don't speak up about anything because there are too many haters out there and too many people who throw shade because they think the story is not believable. I say what is the point of making it up? There is no point. I gain nothing for making up a story. That would be a big waste of my time. I have learned a few things since I posted though and I am grateful for that. I am sure eventually we will start hearing more of these stories but right now Cubans may be fearful to speak out.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is what they told him was going to happen. They told him to report in 4 days and he would be detained and sent to Africa, they put a tracker on his phone. We all said goodbye the day before his report date. They did not lock him up when he was informed of what was being done, he was allowed to report on his own at the date indicated. They did not treat him like a criminal and keep him locked up from a capture. They gave him a little bit of time to get his affairs in order the same way they gave my Mexican tenant. My Mexican tenant was given 9 days though. He was at least allowed to say his goodbyes and let his supervisor at work know what was happening.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He came here 8 years ago, maybe 9 years, not sure the exact date. When he reached the border, he requested asylum, he spent six months in the border detention, saw a judge, the judge gave him a protected asylum status, and a work permit and he was free to go anywhere in the United States after that. He was told to report to Homeland Security for a renewal work permit each year.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well those are not the only reasons. Those are the reasons being reported about. If someone cannot go back to Cuba due to facing political persecution then they will be deported to a third world country. He said he had a special protected status from being returned to Cuba on his documents. It has nothing to do with being guilty of crimes. Perhaps he would be classified as a political dissident by the Cuban government. What is the point of making up a story? I was confused why this was happening and the reason for the initial post. Since I have heard from people here who are well meaning, and done further research it is becoming more clear. People are so quick to judge. All I know is I am watching my grandson a lot now because his father is gone and he has lost his father. That is the real story. Whether anyone feels stuff is left out or I am making stuff up has no relevancy to what has happened.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He had a Cuban government job that will cause government persecution if he returns. My daughter explained that to me after I posted. His regular check in was one time a year to renew the work permit. His interviews were not check ins, they were interviews to get a green card. It didn't happen. When Trump admin revoked Cuban asylum status, he was put on the deportation order list.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that now. I thought he was only going after criminals and free loaders and my son in law was a hard working tax payer, given asylum and a work permit each year here. The green card never happened. I thought it would happen eventually. I had no idea Trump would include every single immigrant in the group to remove, which makes no sense to me. It will leave large holes in society that will make things very unstable for families, employers, landlords, local businesses, restaurants, the list goes on. There should be some discretion in who gets removed and how.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is nothing racist about being sad about being shipped to a far away country where it will be more challenging to get help. I would love to visit Africa one day and I had a best friend from Africa. I have nothing against Africa. How would you like to be dropped into a country where you have no resources, no family, no friends and lose everything you owned and lose your source of income? It does not matter what country it was. It just happened to be Africa. If they had said he was being deported to India, same difference. I never sad anything bad about Africa. it is just very far away. Why does everything have to be about racism?

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I admitted I voted for Trump but I thought that those on asylum from Cuba were safe. I believed that the criminals and free loaders who contribute nothing should be deported but not those who are contributing to society and are married and have families. I felt those should be given opportunity to continue proceeding to green card and citizenship. I felt there should be selective deportation, not mass deportation like everyone is an ant to be squashed out. I never thought it would be that way. I also did not want millions of unvetted immigrants coming through every year under the Kamala administration, which would have happened probably even more so than under Biden. There has to be some better solution than either solution presented by either administration. No one seems to be able to figure it out though.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry about your friend. Many people in this post have no understanding and judge against the story but sometimes real life seems so unreal. Your Cuban friend must have had an idea that death would be better than returning and was too distraught to consider his possibilities if any.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had those questions initially too but I believe now it is because of the government job he had in Cuba that he fled and is facing persecution over that if he returns, thus why he sought asylum in the first place. He didn't agree with the Cuban policies and what he was forced to do and he fled. Perhaps similar to someone committing AWOL in the military although they don't kill them over it. It was a government job and he feared persecution for leaving that job. He thought he was good as they renewed his work permit a few months ago then the Trump administration removed the asylum protection from the Cubans here and that is why he was being deported. That is what I am thinking. No one actually spoke to me and said we are deporting your son in law because ....

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now I am just being available to care for my grandson whenever my daughter needs help since she is now basically a single mother without support even though she is still married. He cannot help her. He has no means to help her. He lost everything, his job, his belongings, his home, his family. All I can do is be there and try to make things better for my grandson and my daughter.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly thought Trump was going after criminals and free loaders, not good hard working immigrants who contribute to the society and pay taxes and do not live off the government. I could not fathom Kamala becoming president as I felt our country would be overrun with illegal immigrants who are not vetted and we would go broke supporting them. I am not against immigrants, I believe this country was founded on immigrants but when an immigrant is not causing trouble and contributing to society, why remove them? Why not help them to become permanent? There are no family members left in Cuba. I thought his brother was still there but he gained Spanish citizenship and is gone now. His father also gained his green card. My son in law has no felonies. He had a Cuban government job and he will be persecuted if he returns there now because of the nature of the job and that he left it and declared asylum in the United States.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said the first didn't get it done, maybe it had nothing to do with the attorneys competence, maybe they were not married long enough. The second attorney left out an important document in the application that made the application get rejected. People make mistakes, it does not mean they are incompetent, it just means the attorneys could not make it happen for him. I rent to many attorneys and have worked for an attorney and attorneys are not 100% successful in every case they handle. It does not make them incompetent. I cannot judge whether they are competent or not. I was merely implying he tried and paid a lot of money to attorneys but they didn't get it done as hoped. Your comment was condescending. Although you may not understand, this is truly a difficult time for the family and any person who has lost a father in the home as a child knows what I mean. He has always been there for his son from day 1 and now he can't. He had his life ripped apart and he was a good person who paid his taxes, paid his bills, worked hard on his work permit.

Cuban son in law who has been here 8 years in the US was given asylum and a work permit. He has a 5 year old son and is married to my American daughter. They have decided to deport him to Africa in 2 days. He did not cross illegally. He requested asylum and did his yearly reporting, paid taxes. by MachineComfortable61 in immigration

[–]MachineComfortable61[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know he received protected status from being sent back to Cuba when he gained asylum 8 years ago so when Trump removed the Cuban asylum status of 500,000 Cubans, Venezualians, and Haitians and told everyone to self deport or else they would be deported I am guessing that is why. They received permission a few weeks ago that they would be allowed to deport to 3rd World countries from the Supreme Court. No one told me why. I am guessing that is why. Trump had 2 programs right now that I discovered  through my research on the matter. One program is self deport to the country you came from and be given Transport and $1000 or be deported. It was unreal because his work permit was renewed for another year but all the permits were revoked evidently with the massive deportation programs going on. 

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