US and Cuban officials to hold talks amid tensions over migration

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/18/us-cuba-havana-washington-talks-migration

 

The number of Cubans apprehended at the US-Mexico border reached 16,531 in February, the highest single-month total on record, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.

 

 

US and Cuban officials to hold talks amid tensions over migration

Cuba says US sanctions and decision to close American consular section in Havana encourage Cubans to seek riskier routes to US

 

The United States wants Cuba to take back more deportees arriving at the US-Mexico border, a US official said. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

 

Reuters

Mon 18 Apr 2022 17.36 EDT

American and Cuban officials are due to meet in Washington on Thursday to discuss migration concerns, people familiar with the matter said, in the highest-level formal US talks with Havana since Joe Biden took office last year.

The meeting comes at a time when Biden’s administration is grappling with rising numbers of undocumented migrants attempting to cross the US border from Mexico, with Cubans making up a growing portion of them.

 

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This is a promising sign!  Even though it was a campaign point, I don't think Biden has the political support currently to just roll things back to the Obama era on Cuba.  However, coming at it from the perspective of immigration is an interesting way to get talks started.  I could see a path paved from early talks to more formal commitments that end run around some of the thorny political issues here.