Finally, several Cubans were able to travel to the United States with their flight permits approved under the humanitarian parole program.
Let us remember that after the announcement of the temporary suspension of the issuance of advance travel authorizations, the airline American Airlines denied boarding to quite a few beneficiaries, claiming that their permits had been revoked.
However, in the last few hours, media outlets based in the United States, such as Martí Noticias, were able to verify the arrival of travelers with these approved and active authorizations.
Elsa Carrera, who had to wait several hours to find out if she could take her Delta flight at Terminal 3 of Havana’s José Martí International Airport, told to the aforementioned medium.
“It’s all confusing. First we were told that we couldn’t board the plane if the airline didn’t have a permit, but several people had already left through Terminal 2 with American Airlines without any problems.”
The United States government temporarily canceled the issuance of advance parole travel permits
As is known, the United States government temporarily cancelled the issuance of advance travel permits for beneficiaries of the humanitarian parole program, after detecting fraud in the applications.
The local press has echoed a report released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which revealed massive fraud in sponsors’ application forms.
Following the news, American Airlines did not allow several of its passengers in Cuba and other beneficiary countries to board its flights, even with all their documents in order.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acknowledged to journalist Alexis Boentes of Telemundo 51 that “they are aware of reports of people who have been prevented from traveling, despite having travel authorizations under the humanitarian parole program.”
So, They made it clearor that the policy provides that parole recipients with approved and active advance travel authorizations are permitted to enter the United States.
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