Aymée Nuviola Urges Empathy Amid U.S. Deportations: "No One is Above Bending the Law"

Cuban singer Aymée Nuviola took to Instagram on Tuesday to passionately advocate for empathy and understanding towards Cubans and other immigrants facing arrests and deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Residing in Doral, Miami-Dade County, Nuviola expressed that she has spent "many days thinking" about the issue, feeling deep "sadness and anger" over the lack of compassion she witnesses on social media, where users criticize those who share stories about family members detained by ICE.

"It breaks my heart and fills me with anger to see such little mercy. The heartless are rampant on social media. People, this has to stop," Nuviola stated emphatically.

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The singer refrained from taking sides on whether deportations are justified, acknowledging the existence of immigration laws in the U.S. Her criticism, however, was directed at those who, instead of offering support to those mourning detained relatives, respond with legal citations.

"They consider themselves more lawful than anyone else, and that shows a complete lack of empathy for what others are going through," she remarked.

Questioning Judgments Among Cubans in the U.S.

Nuviola emphasized that no Cuban in the U.S. is in a position to judge others, as nearly everyone used exceptional means to arrive. "No one here, you know, no one, is innocent of having bent the law at some point. Those who crossed the border, claimed 'political asylum,' and then benefited from the Cuban Adjustment Act, have all circumvented the law. And there are many like that here."

Addressing those who arrived via the visa lottery program, known as "el bombo," Nuviola was straightforward: "It's a program created by the government to promote orderly and diverse immigration. If you're here thanks to that, you're here by the grace of God and that program. You should extend mercy to those currently facing hardships."

She also differentiated between those with criminal records, acknowledging their deportation as predictable, and those awaiting asylum processes in court. "There are others who have filed for asylum and are waiting, as has always been done, for a court's decision. And they're also being detained," she cautioned.

"I live in Doral and see what's happening with people there," she added, referring to the Miami area city with a high Venezuelan population, where ICE operations have intensified recently.

Nuviola, who crossed the border from Mexico and was briefly detained before settling in the U.S. under the Cuban Adjustment Act, concluded her message with a summary of her plea: "We must have mercy and empathy for people."

Her video comes days after Tom Homan, the so-called "border czar" under the Trump administration, addressed fears over raids in Doral by stating, "You voted for Trump to enforce the law."

The context is one of unprecedented escalation: arrests of Cubans by ICE surged 463% between late 2024 and early 2026, and nearly 2,000 Cubans have been deported to Cuba since the start of Trump's second term through April this year.