Ciudad Victoria, Mexico: DOZENS of Cuban immigrants remained stranded in Nuevo Laredo across the border from Texas yesterday , uncertain what would happen following Washington’s decision to end their privileged immigration access this week.
Some waited near mid-point of the bridge over Rio Grande. Others looked for food and shelter in Nuevo Laredo, determined to wait until President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated with the hope that he will reverse President Obama’s decision to end the so-called “wet foot, dry foot” policy that had given Cuban immigrants special access to the country.
“There’s nothing else but to wait to see what happens, staying in Mexico would be the last option because our goal was to get to the US,” said Irina Ricardo Martinez, who travelled for two months after departing Cuba for Ecuador with her husband.
Since December 2014, when Obama announced a new detente with Cuba, an estimated 100,000 Cubans have left the island fearing their privileged access to the United States. might end.
