Known to his listeners as El Oski, the Cuban-born podcaster once proudly called himself a fan of President Donald Trump.

MIAMI — Known to his listeners as El Oski, the Cuban-born podcaster once proudly called himself a fan of President Donald Trump.

El Oski showed reporters a tattoo honoring the president, a commitment that took three sessions of about four hours each to complete.

He recalled being “very excited about Trump” at the time

But that enthusiasm has slowly faded away as immigration enforcement intensifies nationwide.

“I’m scared,” he said in Spanish, acknowledging that he and many other Cubans remain at risk of deportation.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    El Oski is among an estimated hundreds of thousands of Cubans who entered the United States through the southern border and were released under an immigration document known as an I-220A, rather than being formally paroled into the country.

    … the federal government does not recognize an I-220A as a lawful entry for purposes of adjusting immigration status.