Thursday, April 21, 2016

Cuban exile activist Ramón Saúl Sánchez: a man with no country

Cuban exile activist Ramón Saúl Sánchez: a man with no country
ALFONSO CHARDY
achardy@elnuevoherald.com

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When Ramón Saúl Sánchez arrived at Miami International Airport on a
flight from Cuba almost 50 years ago, he was just 12 years old,
traveling with his younger brother.

On arrival, immigration officials gave both Cuban youths "parole"
documents enabling them to stay in the United States as refugees.

Little did they know that the parole documents would later play a
pivotal role in the life of one of them, Ramón, who recently joined the
ranks of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country
after his original arrival parole document either expired or was
revoked. In a surprising letter Sánchez received last week, the federal
immigration agency also informed him that his 2002 application for
residency was denied and asked him to pack his bags and leave the
country "as soon as possible."

Though his Miami immigration attorney, Wilfredo A

Source: Cuban exile activist Ramón Saúl Sánchez: a man with no country |
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article72937732.html

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