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Cuban pastor’s son detained by ICE after entering US legally, taking sanctuary
The Christian Post ^ | 10/29/2026 | Anugrah Kumar

Posted on 10/29/2026 11:40:59 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina

The 19-year-old son of a Cuban Baptist pastor has been held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since June, and advocates fear he could be jailed if deported to Cuba...In March 2023, officers from Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces came to the family's home to take the boy for military registration. He was 15, two years younger than 17, the minimum age Cuban law sets for compulsory military service...

To protect their son, Solano Silvera and his wife, Yadely Jaume Martin, decided to leave Cuba. The family flew to Jamaica, traveled to the Dominican Republic and reached Mexico in July 2023. They then booked an entry appointment through an online system U.S. Customs and Border Protection was using at the time...

After their appointment in Nogales, Arizona, the parents and their two children entered the U.S. legally on Aug. 30, 2023, during the Biden administration. In September 2024, they applied for permanent residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act, a 1966 law that allows Cubans who have lived in the U.S. for at least a year to seek permanent residency.

In his statement, Solano Silvera said USCIS denied his son's application for permanent residency (Form I-485). The family's lawyer has filed Form I-290B to appeal the decision.

(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: deportation; ice

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1 posted on 10/29/2026 11:40:59 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: TexasKamaAina
I bet there is more to this than they are telling us.

Police stopped Solano Jaume at about 2 a.m. on June 25 in the Kendall area of Miami-Dade County because he was driving without his lights on, his father, the Rev. Arcadis Solano Silvera, said in a statement.

2am driving without your lights...typically it's because you're drunk. And later he says the only charge that is still pending against him is the traffic citation. Really? It doesn't take this many months to resolve a traffic infraction.

2 posted on 10/29/2026 11:53:37 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: TexasKamaAina
In his statement, Solano Silvera said USCIS denied his son's application for permanent residency (Form I-485).

Sp, when was this denial issued?

3 posted on 10/29/2026 11:55:24 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: for-q-clinton
Well, it has been this long because there was obviously an order for deportation from the denial of his application, along with the attempts to fight the deportation. That's why I asked when this denial was issued. I tried to find that date, but I couldn't.

What this shows though, is that ICE is not rushing this deportaton, they are allowing the issue to be resolved or ruled on before proceeding with deportation.

4 posted on 10/29/2026 12:17:23 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

“Sp, when was this denial issued?”

More importantly, why?


5 posted on 10/29/2026 12:25:32 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: TheDon

Well, that too. But right now I’m interested in the date to determine which administration denied it, and how long it has been since that denial was issued. Then the why will also be revealed. If this denial was issued a while ago, why was the denial ignotred? That would have been the time to appeal that decision of denial.


6 posted on 10/29/2026 12:48:32 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: for-q-clinton

“It doesn’t take this many months to resolve a traffic infraction.”

Yes it does. Especially in the Miami-Dade court system. You might be surprised by how many times a hearing gets rescheduled.


7 posted on 10/29/2026 2:48:12 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: lastchance

Right, rescheduled by the defense...not the prosecution. Speedy trial and all.


8 posted on 10/29/2026 3:20:33 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: Robert DeLong

The family flew to Jamaica, traveled to the Dominican Republic and reached Mexico in July 2023.


They could have stayed in any of the other 3 countries.


9 posted on 10/29/2026 4:42:12 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Robert DeLong

The family flew to Jamaica, traveled to the Dominican Republic and reached Mexico in July 2023.


They could have stayed in any of the other 3 countries.


10 posted on 10/29/2026 4:42:15 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: riverrunner

Yep, split the difference and deport him to the Dominican Republic. That’s where he belongs.


11 posted on 10/29/2026 8:40:08 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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