Father self-deports to Cuba with hopes of returning to care for sick daughter – NBC 6 South Florida

After living in the U.S. for seven years, Deivy Aleman self-deported to Cuba over the weekend.

“Returning has been one of the toughest decisions in my life,” Aleman told NBC in an exclusive interview from Palmira, a town outside the city of Cienfuegos in the southern central part of the island.

NBC cameras were there when Aleman had to say goodbye to his family at Miami International Airport.

Aleman, 40, crossed the southern border seven years ago and was issued an I-220B, virtually a deportation order that never became effective because of his decision to leave the United States. NBC6

He decided to self-deport after an appointment with immigration officials, where he was told that if he did not self-deport, he would never be able to enter the U.S.

His wife, Yisel Miguel Sarduy, say