Cuban grandfather, 59, deported to Mexico after decades in Detroit, separated from US-citizen wife and 11 grandchildren
2025·Location: Detroit, MI
Country of origin: Cuba
Mario, a 59-year-old Cuban man who lived in Detroit, Michigan, was deported to Mexico. He is married to a US citizen and together they have five US-citizen children and eleven US-citizen grandchildren. He described crying at night from the separation. His sisters came to the United States as little children and are now citizens.
Sources
- “Casting Us Aside to Die”
hrw.org·May 27, 2026·archived copy
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