In Miami, deportation fears rise as U.S. revives relations with Havana

[Judi Lynn]

In Miami, deportation fears rise as U.S. revives relations with Havana
By Nora Gámez Torres and Alfonso Chardy -
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01/03/2015 6:50 PM
| Updated: 01/03/2015 7:05 PM

President Barack Obama’s order to normalize relations with Cuba has spread fear through the ranks of thousands of Cuban exiles facing deportation to the island.

Many of those who have never become U.S. citizens now believe their removal, a remote possibility before, may now be imminent. Immigration authorities say there are 34,525 Cubans with final orders of deportation and an additional 2,264 with pending removal cases in immigration court. Under U.S. immigration law, foreign nationals can be deported if they have a final order of deportation, meaning the order has withstood appeals and other legal challenges. Foreigners with pending cases in immigration court generally cannot be deported.

While U.S. officials say they have not changed policies barring deportation of most Cubans to the island, those assurances are small comfort for the people in the midst of proceedings or who have final orders of expulsion.

“I became worried the day they ordered me deported,” said Luis, a 73-year-old exile who in the 1960s participated in covert U.S. operations against the Fidel Castro regime. “But now, when the president in the White House wants relations with Cuba, my worries are much deeper.”

The majority of the 34,525 Cubans with final deportation orders received them after having been convicted for a serious crime. Luis spent two years in prison for a drug-related conviction in the 1980s.

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[Peace Patriot]

1. Fascinating: Miami Mafia criminals don't want to be deported to Cuba!

Don't these thugs know that the CIA takes care of their own?

“I became worried the day they ordered me deported,” said Luis, a 73-year-old exile who in the 1960s participated in covert U.S. operations against the Fidel Castro regime. “But now, when the president in the White House wants relations with Cuba, my worries are much deeper.”

The majority of the 34,525 Cubans with final deportation orders received them after having been convicted for a serious crime. Luis spent two years in prison for a drug-related conviction in the 1980s. --from the OP (my emphasis)

Oh, well, maybe it's just the really big thugs they protect--the mass murderers and drug kingpins like the one the Bush Junta installed in Colombia--Alvaro Uribe--and his spy chief--Maria Machado--the ones who know too much; the ones who merit ACADEMIC SINECURES at Harvard and Georgetown. And the little thugs are on their own. Could his fears be justified? Or is this just more Miami Hairball propaganda? (i.e., fear Cuba, Fear Cuba, FEAR CUBA!!!)

Our Corporate Rulers lust so for the pristine Cuban shores that they don't give a ~!@#$ for their previous cannon fodder. And, since they work hand-in-glove with the CIA--indeed, the CIA is more than likely run by 'private contractors' these days--maybe Luis Anonymous & pals have something to worry about. If you can't do the really big things--kill labor leaders, displace five million peasant farmers, funnel billions in dirty money through the banksters, assassinate Castro--what use are you to the 0.01%?

I'm of two minds. Luis A. may well end up in a Cuban jail, or drowned somewhere off the Florida coast before he ever gets there. Depends on what he knows and how big his part was back in the day. But somehow I doubt that the U.S. corporate state is going to deport 30,000+ Cuban thieves, thugs, spies or killers out of its jurisdiction--except maybe as part of a plan of subversion and sabotage. Are Luis & pals just angling for a new, um, subsidy?