US has deported thousands of Cubans and Venezuelans to danger in Mexico, Human Rights Watch says
Human Rights Watch says 4,353 Cubans were sent to Mexico under a Trump administration policy that left many without documents, shelter or medical care.
- Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday documenting the Trump administration's deportation of over 4,300 Cubans to Mexico, making them the largest group among nearly 13,000 third-country nationals sent there since January 2025.
- The mass targeting of long-term Cuban permanent residents represents a policy shift from prior administrations; previously, the absence of US-Cuba deportation agreements protected them, but President Donald Trump's second term reversed this approach.
- Of 41 Cuban migrants interviewed, 35 lost green cards for minor offenses like driving under the influence or document falsification; only 16 percent had violent crime charges. Most deportees are 60 or older with chronic health conditions.
- Deported to Tapachula and Villahermosa in southern Mexico without documents or belongings, deportees face legal limbo as Cuba refuses readmission and Mexico offers no alternative to asylum. Harold A., a 58-year-old Cuban, said, "We're casting us aside to die."
- The report's release coincides with escalating US-Cuba tensions; earlier this month the US indicted 94-year-old former Cuban President Raúl Castro on charges regarding the downing of two civilian planes in 1996. Asylum remains the only pathway to legal status, though deportees living decades outside Cuba may lack persecution fears.
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The U.S. government deports from January 2025 to March 2026 to more than 4,353 Cubans to Mexico, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Deported Cuban migrants are stranded in Mexico after suffering mistreatment in US detention centers, report says
Thousands of Cuban migrants deported from the United States have faced violations of their rights and are currently in “a legal limbo” in Mexico, where they have difficulties regularizing their situation and even obtaining medical care, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.
US deported thousands of Cubans, Venezuelans to danger in Mexico: Human Rights Watch
Mexico City: The Trump administration has deported nearly 13,000 Cubans, Venezuelans and other nationals to Mexico, where they are vulnerable to cartel violence in an unfamiliar country, a report by Human Rights Watch released Wednesday, May 27, said. While Mexico has accepted these types of deportations for years, the deportees under the Trump administration are older and have lived in the US for longer than in the past, making it more difficul…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Trump administration has deported nearly 13,000 Cubans, Venezuelans, and people of other nationalities to Mexico, where they are vulnerable to cartel violence in an unknown country, according to a report by...
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US has deported thousands of Cubans and Venezuelans to danger in Mexico, Human Rights Watch says
The Trump administration has deported nearly 13,000 Cubans, Venezuelans and others to Mexico, where they face cartel violence and limited legal options.
Cubans sent by the U.S. to Mexico struggle with homelessness, violence, report says
The report casts a spotlight on how the Trump administration is getting around Cuba’s longtime unwillingness to take back its nationals who left the island a long time ago or were convicted of certain crimes.
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