They seek to protect Cuban doctors with uncertain immigration status in the United States – Cibercuba

The Solidaridad Sin Fronteras (SSF)-Based in Hialeah, Florida-Started Initiative to assist Cuban doctors and other healthcare professionals with irregular immigration status in the United States, including those with I-220A and subordinate to the deportation order.

Julio Cesar Alfonso, president of the organization, is making efforts in Washington to find a legislative solution to allow them to legalize their status.

According to Marty NoticsShe met at the United States Congress with the Congressman Maria Elvira Salazar Other Latin American legislators to promote measures that are beneficial for doctors, nurses and health officers from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti, who have been left in the legal limb due to the new provisions of the Trump administration.

“We want to help people with indefinite status, including the Cubans with the I-220A and those with deportation orders,” he said.

The Organization is also intended Reactivate the Cuban Medical Professional Program (CMPP)through which Cuban doctors who run away from the mission regime can legally settle in the United States after they have received special permission.

Alfonso pointed to this This mechanism canceled in 2017 by Barack ObamaIt would allow organized and legal migration and that many of these professionals are highly qualified and could be very useful to the US health system.

“If an immigrant gets a university degree, they must have the opportunity to regulate their status, as former President Donald Trump suggested in the past,” he said.

The SSF creates a database with the names and powers of doctors and nurses who want to regulate their status, which will be sent to the lawmakers of the Ministry of Homeland Security and Congress.

“We want to demonstrate that these professionals are persons without criminal records, with valid vocational training and a real interest in contributing to American society,” he stressed.

Frequently Asked questions about the immigration status of Cuban doctors in the United States