MIAMI — Several Cuban migrants slated for deportation — whose confidential information Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally published online last month — received letters this week saying the agency is evaluating whether to free them from custody after a U.S official told Cuba about the unprecedented leak.
“On a case-by-case basis and depending on your eligibility, ICE will conduct a custody review to consider whether release is appropriate for you,” the letters read.
The Miami Herald had access to a Spanish version of the correspondence. It detailed a Dec. 7 phone call with the island’s government in which a Department of Homeland Security official linked a list of potential Cuban deportees with the mass leak of personal data of more than 6,000 migrants seeking protection in the United States from persecution and torture in their home countries.
