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"Deport every person under the sun": ICE detains Cubans during immigration appointments

Cuba doesn't consistently accept American deportation flights--as many as 42,000 Cuban nationals remain in the U.S. despite having deportation orders. That means that deportation to Cuba is a headache for the federal government. Several Latin American countries have agreed to accept U.S. deportees from other countries, and experts warn that Cubans could also be sent to Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama. Under a deal it brokered with the Biden administration, Mexico already takes back Cubans who arrive at the southwest border. An El Salvador mega-prison recently received hundreds of Venezuelans as part of a deal the Trump administration made with Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele last month.

Lawyers note that for South Florida's Cuban community, many of whom supported Trump's presidential campaign, the rapid immigration enforcement changes may come as a surprise.

"People come out in favor of the face-eating leopards," Prada said. "And then they get surprised when the leopard eats their face."

The detainment of Cubans by ICE in Miramar is stoking fear in South Florida's immigrant community, said Allen, a Miami immigration attorney for over three decades. He said he believes the Trump administration is trying to "intimidate" people and cause panic so they voluntarily return to their home countries.

The panic, however, isn't only affecting immigrants, Allen said. Immigration officers are being pressured for not detaining enough people, and judges and government lawyers are also being strong-armed into rejecting people's efforts to stay in the U.S.

During the campaign when Trump spouted lies about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eathing the cats, eating the dogs, eating the geese and promised to deport them, I guess some people thought he was going to make exceptions for their friends and relatives, who weren't Haitians living in Ohio:

Trump says he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants in Springfield if elected

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and deport them if he is reelected in November.

"You have to remove the people, and you have to bring them back to their own country. They are, in my opinion, it's not legal," Trump said in an interview with NewsNation.

Trump, asked if he would revoke the migrants' Temporary Protected Status, said, "Absolutely. I'd revoke it, and I'd bring them back to their country."