The Parole Humanitarian Program: How Cubans are Making a Business Out of it

The Humanitarian Parole Program

Since the announcement of the implementation of the humanitarian parole program by the United States, many Cubans have pinned their hopes for a better future on it. Several thousand are already in the northern country, while tens of thousands are waiting to be approved.

Exploiting the Opportunity

Meanwhile, many in Cuba are taking advantage of the opportunity to make money by facilitating the procedures, as reported by The New Herald. Called “advisors” by the American media, several of them were interviewed for the report.

One such advisor is Eliane Cabrera, who has set up an office in her home in the province of Ciego de Ávila. There, she receives daily clients seeking help after being approved by the parole program. Among other things, she helps create emails, accounts in the My USCIS online service, or the CBP One mobile application. She is also dedicated to detecting or correcting errors in the processes or requests made by the sponsor in the I-134 form and the passport scanning. “My work began in January, from the moment I saw people so uninformed and making multiple mistakes,” says Cabrera, a 28-year-old.

Parole as Big Business