Heartbreak: Cuban toddler with humanitarian parole separated from family

A mother from Cuba sent her 3-year-old daughter, Isabel Iliana Quiñones, to Miami with humanitarian parole. However, upon arrival, the child was found to be lacking the required documentation to enter the United States.

The heartbreaking story sheds light on immigration dilemma as the three-yeard old has now been separated from her family, as reported by journalist Mario Pentón on his YouTube page. 

The mother of the little girl sent her to the United States with an uncle, but without the documents of legal guardianship. Now she is completely desperate because they might send the girl to a shelter or foster home.

The girl's family in Miami is also pleading with authorities to return the toddler to them.

"We don't want her with strangers, we want her with her family," says the girl's great aunt tearfully and anxiously.

The family claims that the child needs medical assistance because she had an allergic reaction on her skin after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

"Thousands of children cross the border illegally and they are returned to their families. Why don't they give us a chance?"

That is the question the great aunt is asking.

The mother in Cuba received parole for the child and sent her to the United States because she did not receive parole for another child.

According to lawyer Gallardo, situations like this have become quite common in recent times. And documents made in Cuba are not valid. Only those made in the United States are accepted by U.S. authorities.