Más cerca del asilo político se encuentra el joven cubano que llegó clandestino a territorio estadounidense luego de colarse en un vuelo el jueves pasado.
Las miles de firmas y el apoyo casi unánime de la comunidad cubanoamericana de la Florida pudo haber sido determinante según el criterio de muchos.
Lo que para muchos parecía improbable y otros querían ver como algo seguro, ya es noticia oficial Yunier García Duarte, el joven cubano que llegó a Miami escondido en un vuelo charter logró pasar su entrevista del “miedo creíble”, lo cual constituía quizás el principal escollo a superar en su objetivo de acogerse al asilo político en suelo estadounidense.
La información la dio a conocer el Nuevo Herald, citando al abogado de temas migratorios Wilfredo Allen, quien asegura que el próximo paso importante a conseguir es la solicitud de liberación de su defendido consiguiendo un Parole o fianza, para después formalizar definitivamente el asilo político en los Estados Unidos.
Although the official Cuban government press has yet to acknowledge what happened, and the young man's family said they were surprised by his decision, some family members now celebrate what constitutes an important victory for the stowaway.
His sister, Yudeysi García, stated via telephone from Havana that the whole family was truly happy with the decision of the immigration authorities not to repatriate her brother to the island, where he might face severe punishments.
El propio Yunier, de 26 años había declarado recientemente a la prensa que temía por su integridad física en caso de ser devuelto a Cuba, de donde logró escaparse en la bodega de equipaje de un avión. “Yo arriesgué mi vida, espero que me reciban (…) Si me deportan, me torturarán. Les pido encarecidamente que valoren mi caso. Vine aquí porque es un país de derechos humanos”, había expresado a Telemundo.
He could have used the same arguments in his interview with the authorities, so the young man who worked as a porter at José Martí International Airport in Havana managed to convince the agents that although he was not in danger before leaving the island nor was he being persecuted, he would be if he returned.
My brother fought and he made it. He risked his life to live free and be happy," his sister said, while stating that both their mother "doesn't know whether to laugh or cry" with happiness over the good news.
Daysi Duarte, the mother of García, had given some statements to Univisión 23, and through tears she pleaded for help for her son, while also asking him not to return to the island.
Don't come back, boy, because I don't know what might happen to you," she had said to the cameras from Havana. "Let him know that I am strong, that I am strong and that I gave birth to a man," Duarte exclaimed between sobs.
The interview lasted approximately one hour, took place at the Krome detention center, and Yunier used a translator to understand the questions posed by the agents in English. "He said everything he really feels, he said he is very afraid of returning to the island because of what could physically happen to him and his family," said Lorena Duarte, one of García's lawyers in Miami.
The lawyer herself acknowledged that the support given by the Cuban-American community has been decisive, as well as the thousands of signatures collected to support the young man, whom many see as a hero: "I found it interesting to see that the officer already knew that this case was being reported in various media... and that there is a lot of international interest in this story," the lawyer explained.
According to some media, Yunier's family actually thanked the support of the Cuban community in exile and said they were confident that justice would prevail.
The almost unanimous support of the Cuban-American community in Florida may have been decisive according to many, especially the formal request made to the White House through the Change platform, which has already reached the powerful number of 27,000 signatures.
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