Abel Delgado
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
Oh, good afternoon, Billy. Thank you for having me on. And I'm happy to report that we have many members in our caucus. There are dozens of us. Dozens. And the membership is growing thanks to our message getting out. Thanks to people from all sides of the political spectrum of all political persuasions realizing that enough is enough. We used to agree on this issue.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
This community, whether you were red, blue or another color, you agreed that this was a home for immigrants and exiles. And now Trump and his lackeys have made that not the case. So we're out there in the community saying that we're going to stand up for the American dream if these Cuban-American representatives refuse to do so. I'm a Cuban American myself.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
I once had faith in these representatives in Marco to do the right thing on immigration at the very least. And that's not what's happening. So we're speaking out.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
You're absolutely right. They are taking the international out of Florida International University. This is a giant FU to immigrants and to our community. I went to Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Most of my friends who had good grades went to FIU. They were citizens and they were undocumented immigrants.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
And they were able to go there thanks to the Florida Dream Act that used to be sponsored by none other than Marco Rubio. It's ridiculous now that we're going to have to ask FIU students to show their papers. This is not the country that my family fled to for freedom.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
Yeah, the loyalty here is not to FIU, to the Miami-Dade community. It's to Red MAGA, just like the people who oppose my family's rights were loyal to Red Fidel Castro and Red Hugo Chavez. We're seeing the same playbook here at FIU where they're going to harass students. They're going to ask for papers. They're going to take... Visas away from people just speaking up and speaking their mind.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
This is not the United States that we came for for freedom. This is this is something completely different. This is Joel Pyle's dream. And they got rid of him in Arizona. And somehow we have to deal with this in Florida.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
Ice trucks are showing up outside of DMVs. Ice trucks are showing up outside of lawyer offices. Ice trucks are showing up to detain Cubans that are taking out the trash. This is a culture of fear that they want. They want undocumented immigrants. They want legal immigrants to self-deport. This is the epitome of absurdity. And it's only going to get worse if we let this happen in an FIU.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
It's just a tariff disaster by another name. We're going to see the best and brightest of the world who used to come to the United States for education go elsewhere. And we're going to lose the future companies of Google, of Twitter, of companies like that that were led by immigrants. We're going to lose all that. And where are they going to go? Canada, Europe?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
They're going to go to our former allies who Trump has ruined relationships with. And it's only going to cost us jobs, going to cost us our strong economy, and it's going to cost us our moral superiority over dictatorships.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
So the Trump administration tried to cancel the TPS extension that President Biden did while he was president. Temporary protective status.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
OK, this is something it's usually temporary name only historically outside of Trump. presidencies. This is a type of status that has been enjoyed by Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and others. And it's permanent because it keeps on getting renewed. President Biden renewed it for Venezuelans and for Haitians and for Ukrainians. And President Trump decided to take that away.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
And there was no good reason to do that. So strong immigration attorneys took it to court and won. They won at the federal level in San Francisco, I believe. Now, while they're appealing this case, while the Trump administration is appealing this case, Zalazar decided to take credit for it and saying, thank you, President Trump, for extending TPS for Venezuelans.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
It is next level gaslighting that on one hand, you have an appeal saying we can't have these Venezuelans here. and trying to deport them to a communist country where they will suffer. And on the other hand, she takes credit because she wants Venezuelan American vote.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
Absolutely. And an extension of that, there's the what Trump did with humanitarian parole, which does involve Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who came into this country legally. They were brought here with permission of the U.S. government. And then Trump came to power and he said, never mind, you need to go back.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
And thankfully, another judge in another case said, no, you don't need to go back now and put an injunction on that. So thankfully for now, at least, they get to stay. I'm sure Zalazar is going to take credit for that, too. They were supposed to send people back by April 20th. There were Cubans that were sent back before April 20th.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
There were Cubans that were told that they had to go back to the communist Cuba before that. And I hope that no one ended up following the letter that they got from the government and self-deporting, as they call it, because it would be absurd. But thankfully, that's on hold as well.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
Yeah, I've always thought that Haitians and later Venezuelans deserve the same protections we have had as a community. I'm very grateful that this country opened the doors to my family. I wish they would continue to do that. That's not happening. And I understand that Cuban-Americans voted in a majority for President Trump, but they were told that he was going to focus on undocumented immigrants.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
They were told that he was going to focus on criminals. And he's taking away legal status from people who entered this country legally. That cannot be said enough. He said he was going to focus on undocumented immigrants, and he's targeting people who came here legally. It is absurd. It's not what people wanted. Are you saying he lied? Yes, surprisingly so. The convicted felon lied.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
And he's trying to deport people with no criminal record similar to what he has.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
You know, Congresswoman Salazar probably took pointers from Fidel Castro when she interviewed him. The difference is that Fidel Castro didn't have to deal with real journalists like when he was interviewed by Salazar, but Salazar has to deal with real journalists in Miami-Dade, at least for now. So she gets to squirm. She gets to...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
Look ridiculous when she responds to Defeaty and his very important questions.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
I would like to see him stop the deal with El Salvador to traffic asylum applicants to prison. I would like to see him stop deporting students who are just voicing their opinions. I would like to see the three members of Congress actually use their power. You know, they wield so much power in the House of Representatives because without those three votes, Republicans cannot pass anything.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Federal Funding?
So all they have to do is tell the Trump administration, stop trying to deport documented immigrants, stop aiming your vitriol at our community, or we will tank your agenda. That's what they could do. I shouldn't have to explain power to members of Congress, but they need to use their power to represent our community and not to kowtow to President Trump.