Meanwhile, the combined effects of natural disasters, disease outbreaks, high fuel costs, and a surge in deadly gang-related violence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, have spurred calls for international intervention. Amid continued political upheaval, the country has fallen deeper into economic disarray, with inflation reaching double digits and more than 70 percent of the population living below the poverty line. More than a year after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has grown more dire. "There will no longer be the need for these people who are dying from their regime, their dictatorship like we see so much in Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela, like Cuba, now they won't have the need to sacrifice their lives crossing all these borders," said Hernandez.Meet Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican Presidential Candidate And at the end, they get here, and then they try to enter illegally," Hernandez said. “So they sell all their things in Cuba to make that journey so they fall into the hands of "coyotes" and that's where there have been many dead, many disappearances, they lose all their money. Through his tough times as a political refugee in Cuba, Hernandez said he thanks President Biden for what he has done. “I'm an immigrant, and I'm in agreement totally with immigration what I've never been in agreement with was illegal and unsafe immigration. Hernandez told us he graduated from trade school as an electrician and plumber, has 16 years of construction and experience in America, and has his own construction company called Maclaus Service LLC. I received political asylum in 2005, and the Cuban government didn't let me leave until November of 2007, meaning I was on the island for 2 years ," said Hernandez. "I came in the year 2007 as a political refugee of Cuba. “So we’re not dealing with the human rights aspect of it we have a humanitarian crisis that we need to address," Canales said. When we spoke with Canales on January 6, he said he was heading to Eagle Pass, where officials were exhuming the bodies of close to 30 migrants found dead in Maverick county. “People come here to work," said Eduardo Canales, Director of South Texas Human Rights Center.Ĭanales said there needs to be social protection for migrants. We help them, giving them that knowledge and support them in filling out a work permit ," Hernandez said. “Because as they come from those countries, they don't know of the programs that exist here. These are just some of the tasks he said he helps newcomers get started with. “Go to children and family, to get a driver's license, to find a lawyer," said Hernandez. Hernandez said his non-profit organization called Latinos for U.S.A., connects migrants with programs that they don't know exist. it's a state that's economically powerful ," said Hernandez. “I saw a possibility to complete, as they say, my American dream, which I've completed. "This is a good proposal from President Biden ," said Hernandez. Now, he helps newly arrived immigrants become familiar with the documents and programs they’ll need to begin their American dream. In 2020, he made Corpus Christi his home. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Here in the Coastal Bend one man from Cuba shares his experience legally coming to the United States and eventually to Corpus Christi.Īlberto Hernandez, a political refugee from Cuba, arrived in Miami in the early 2000s.
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