"In 2022, they crossed the border into the United States when Pablo was four years old and his mother was pregnant with his brother. They had been targeted by the Cuban government ever since Casanella became a well-known activist in the country. For years, he was harassed, beaten, detained, and monitored by agents working for the Castro regime. Now, in the United States, there's no respite either: he still hasn't received a response to his political asylum case."
"My son's letter made me feel incredibly sad and helpless, Casanella says. It's impossible for me to stop my mind from ruminating every day, wondering what I can do to prevent my son and the rest of my family from feeling this anxiety, this insecurity. I think about what I should have done in the past to prevent this from happening, as if I could travel back in time or as if I had even the slightest control over the situation."
Oscar Casanella is a Cuban scientist and activist who faced harassment, beatings, detention, and monitoring by agents of the Castro regime. In 2022 his family crossed into the United States when his son Pablo was four and his wife was pregnant. Pablo's Christmas letter asked Santa for a Lego set and urgently requested political asylum for his father to prevent deportation and arrest. The son's plea left the father feeling sad, helpless, and obsessed with protecting his family. The family's U.S. asylum case remains pending, prolonging fear, insecurity, and encounters with immigration authorities.
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