The U.S. crackdown on pro-Trump Cuban rapper “El Funky” could result in his deportation

The nation’s harsh immigration crackdown is causing a shocking awakening for a pro-Trump rapper who now risks deportation.

Once praised by American politicians as a voice of freedom, Cuban rapper Eliéxer Márquez Duany, better known as El Funky, is now facing deportation from the United States. As a co-creator of the Grammy-winning protest song “Patria y Vida,” Márquez Duany boldly criticized Cuba’s communist government, sparking the biggest anti-government protests the island had seen in decades.

He fled Cuba in 2021, settled in Miami, and then used the Cuban Adjustment Act to apply for permanent status. His application, however, was rejected earlier this month. He now has less than thirty days to depart or risk being deported and perhaps imprisoned in Cuba.

He was told by a Cuban official at the airport, “We want you to leave.” “You’re not allowed here.”

Márquez Duany, who was formerly commended by Cuban American senators such as Marco Rubio and Mario Díaz-Balart, is now mainly forgotten, despite the fact that the same officials once entered the lyrics of his song into the Congressional Record. The only person to publicly support him is Rep. María Elvira Salazar, who has referred to him as a political refugee.

Ironically, Márquez Duany is still a big Trump fan.

“I would have voted for Trump if I could have,” he declared. Yet, Márquez Duany’s future is in jeopardy if Trump reintroduces strict immigration rules, such as attempts to terminate humanitarian parole.

“I will not stop talking,” he promises. “My life is at risk if I return.”