"Even though her children aren't in the San Miguel del Padron home in Havana where they grew up, but hundreds of miles away in the Eloy detention center in Arizona, Zaida Martinez prefers them to be in the United States rather than in the hands of the Cuban government. For a mother, the best thing is always to have her children by her side, says the 57-year-old."
"It was not the first time they had appeared before the judge and everything had always been in order: as beneficiaries of CBP One, they entered the United States with the temporary permit known as humanitarian parole at the end of 2024, they had no criminal record and, as if that were not enough, they had a justified case of political asylum before the U.S. authorities."
Zaida Martinez prefers her sons to be in the United States rather than under Cuban government control, but she fears they will be returned to Cuba. Her sons, Liosmel Sanchez, 25, and Liosbel Sanchez, 28, are detained at the Eloy detention center in Arizona after entering on humanitarian parole through CBP One at the end of 2024. They have attended immigration court in Phoenix and had prior appearances with records in order. Both have no criminal records and hold a justified case for political asylum. The brothers and friends anticipated the July 11, 2021 protests amid pandemic-related economic collapse and healthcare shortages.
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