MIAMI — Once known for its overwhelming support of former President Donald Trump, the Cuban American community in the United States is ending the week sharply divided over the nation’s immigration policies.
The growing rift was laid bare by the controversial deportation on Thursday of Tampa resident Heydi Sánchez Tejeda, a young Cuba mother who was married to a U.S. citizen and still nursing her one-year-old daughter. The deportation occurred after Sánchez attended a routine immigration appointment, despite her ongoing efforts to regularize her status and her compliance with all immigration requirements.
The case has ignited outrage among activists and families alike, highlighting the widening gap between those who continue to back strict immigration enforcement and those who feel betrayed by the very administration they once supported, while a group of activist demanded in Washington D.C. more clarity and protection for Cubans in vulnerable migratory status…