From Politifact:

The Cuban government recently agreed to resume accepting its citizens deported from the US after refusing to do so since early 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

But a viral Instagram video takes the news out of context, claiming the decision exposes President Joe Biden’s “open borders scheme”. The US border is not open.

“The Biden administration is now saying it’s going to start deporting illegals,” former Newsmax anchor Grant Stinchfield said in a video posted Nov. 20 that includes a screenshot of an NBC news article on the subject. “They say that Cubans will start to be taken out of this country.”

“Now you either deport everyone or don’t deport anyone at all. The reason they are Deporting Cubans is because Cubans are generally conservative,” Stinchfield said, adding that Cubans in the United States are fleeing communism and socialism.

Stinchfield continued: “The Biden administration doesn’t want them around America. Because they know these Cubans will vote Republican.”

The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat fake news and misinformation in its News Feed. (Learn more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)

Stinchfield’s statement is misleading, ignoring several facts:

– Deportation flights resume because the Cuban government has agreed to accept its citizens;

– Deported Cubans are in the United States illegally and therefore do not have the right to vote;

“The US isn’t just deporting Cubans. The US is constantly deporting people from all over the world. …

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