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By ANNA-CATHERINE BRIGIDA<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration has deported nearly 13,000 Cubans, Venezuelans and other nationals to Mexico, where they are vulnerable to cartel violence in an unfamiliar country, a report by Human Rights Watch released Wednesday said.<\/p>\n

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While Mexico has accepted these types of deportations for years, the deportees under the Trump administration are older and have lived in the U.S. for longer than in the past, making it more difficult for them to find work and increasing the urgency of the need for medical care.<\/p>\n

The report, which is based on more than 50 interviews in the southern Mexican cities Tapachula and Villahermosa, comes as President Donald Trump has expanded immigration enforcement to carry out his mass deportation plan.<\/p>\n

This has meant that immigrants who were not previously targeted, such as Cubans with years or decades living in the U.S., have been caught up in the immigration dragnet. Some countries, such as Cuba and Venezuela, limit deportation flights or don\u2019t accept deportees at all, so they are instead sent to Mexico or other countries with which the U.S. has struck deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine being 60 or 70 years old, uprooted from your life overnight and sent to a country you don\u2019t know, where authorities leave you out to dry without access to even the most basic services \u2014 shelter, healthcare. Imagine being dropped in dangerous cities with nothing but the clothes on your back,\u201d said Alcira Hava, Leonard H. Sandler Fellow at Human Rights Watch, who worked on the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the reality for many Cubans deported to Mexico,\u201d Hava said.<\/p>\n

Cubans represent the largest group sent to Mexico, according to the report, with more than 4,300 deported. More than half the 41 Cubans interviewed had lived in the U.S. since the 1980s or 1990s, arriving during the Mariel boatlift or lottery program in the 1990s. Most had a green card but had lost it.<\/p>\n

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More than half the Cubans deported had a criminal record, but only 16% were for violent crimes, according to the researchers. One-fourth had no criminal history.<\/p>\n

Most were detained at routine check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but some were detained at their workplace or in public spaces. None were taken before a judge to contest their deportation to Mexico, even when they expressed fear for their safety.<\/p>\n

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The Cuban diaspora, with access to a fast-tracked pathway to residency and citizenship through the Cuban Adjustment Act, has been shocked by the extent of Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

Once in Mexico, these deportees are sent to southern cities with few job opportunities, limited access to medical care and where cartels prey on them. They face a complicated logistical process to receive refugee status in Mexico, if they even qualify.<\/p>\n

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A shelter in Villahermosa has received Cuban deportees as old as 83 in the past year, a departure from the young men and families it usually receives, according to shelter worker Josu\u00e9 Leal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. discards them. Cuba discards them,\u201d Leal said, calling it a form of \u201cdouble punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

How the third country deportations are being carried out is unclear, since neither the U.S. or Mexico has made the agreement public. HRW called for both countries to publish the agreement and to ensure that due process and international law is respected in these cases.<\/p>\n

It called on Mexico to ensure access to medical treatment and a pathway to legalize immigration status for those who can\u2019t return to their home countries. It called on the U.S. to suspend these deportations, barring these guarantees.<\/p>\n

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Follow AP\u2019s Latin America coverage at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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