The Trump administration is quietly sending hundreds of Cubans and other immigrants with significant criminal records in buses across the border to Mexico, in an expansion of third-country deportations, according to the Miami Herald.
Although Cuba accepts deportation flights from the U.S., its longtime practice has been to reject deportees who have been convicted of certain crimes. That has left many of the island’s immigrants in limbo for years — unable to return to the island but stripped of their legal status to stay in the United States.
But without legal documentation in Mexico, they are now in a new limbo, and it is unclear what future awaits them. Some told the Miami Herald they have spent weeks searching for work, food and shelter, and sleeping on the street.
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Originally Published: October 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM EDT