Last month, Cuba and the United States took a tentative step toward thawing relations and resuming joint efforts to address irregular migration during the highest-level talks between the two countries in four years. in or near Yuma, Arizona, and Del Rio, Texas. Nicaragua eased travel restrictions from Cuba in November, making it easier for Cubans to continue by land to the U.S. authorities more than 32,000 times on the Mexican border in March, double the number in February and more than five times October’s count, according to U.S. That has posed an acute challenge for the Biden administration as more people from those countries seek haven in the United States.Ĭubans were stopped by U.S. to expel migrants to Cuba or Nicaragua due to poor relations with those governments. Other nationalities are subject to Title 42 but costs, strained diplomatic ties and other considerations often make it difficult to send them back to their home countries. Until last week, Mexico only agreed to take Guatemalans, Hondurans and El Salvadorans - in addition to Mexicans - under Title 42 authority. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mexico had already begun processing visas for Cubans.Īnother Mexican official, also not authorized to comment publicly, confirmed that up to 100 Cubans and 20 Nicaraguans were being expelled from San Diego under Title 42 under an agreement that runs through May 22. government had started processing visas in Cuba again, the official said. Mexico also took into account that the U.S. It was prompted by higher numbers of migrants from those two countries coming to the U.S. and Mexico agreed April 26 to very limited expulsions of Cubans and Nicaraguans, according to a high-level Mexican official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly. They are carried out under Title 42 authority, which was named for a public health law and used to expel migrants on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The expulsions began April 27 and will end May 22, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement has not been made public.
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