The State Department said Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez, his wife and son were taken into federal custody after Secretary of State Marco Rubio terminated their legal status.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked the legal status of a Cuban national accused of working for a Cuban regime-linked influence organization, leading federal agents to take the man and his family into custody pending removal from the United States.
The State Department said Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez, his wife and their son were apprehended this week after Rubio terminated their legal status. All three Cuban nationals are now in federal immigration custody.
According to the department, Lloga Dominguez spent more than a decade employed by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People, known as ICAP. U.S. officials described ICAP as the Cuban communist regime’s leading influence and intelligence front group operating in the United States.
The State Department announced the action Wednesday in an official statement, saying Lloga Dominguez had continued to maintain ties to what it called a transnational communist subversion network while living in the United States.
“This week, three Cuban nationals were apprehended by federal agents following Secretary Rubio’s termination of their legal status. Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez – who spent more than a decade working as a foreign subversive for the Communist Cuban regime’s premier influence and intelligence front group in the United States – and his wife and son are now in federal custody pending removal from our country.
“Lloga Dominguez spent more than a decade employed by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People (ICAP). He has continued to maintain ties to the transnational communist subversion network throughout his time residing in our nation.
“ICAP, which Secretary Rubio designated for sanctions under Executive Order 14404 earlier this month, is the central node in a sprawling Cuban intelligence and influence operation, claiming to span more than 2,000 organizations across more than 150 countries.
“The organization has a long and intimate relationship with Cuban intelligence agents; in fact, ICAP’s current president, Fernando González Llort, is a convicted Cuban spy who served 15 years in U.S. prison for his role in the infamous Wasp Network — a massive illegal Cuban spy ring uncovered in Florida in the late 1990s.
“Working in close coordination with the Cuban communist regime, ICAP maintains an outsized footprint across the United States, trafficking in vile anti-American propaganda, cultivating pro-Havana regime activists and politicians, and lobbying federal, state and local politicians on behalf of the Cuban dictatorship.
“The organization facilitates close working relationships between Havana and radical U.S. groups, using America’s far left milieu as a vehicle to export Cuba’s Communist revolution to the United States.
“Under the Trump Administration, America will never become home for Cuban Communist regime thugs who peddle propaganda, run foreign influence operations, or seek to wage revolution against American civilization.
“As a reminder, pursuant to Executive Order 14404, all ICAP property and interests in property are blocked and any transactions with ICAP are prohibited absent an express authorization by the Departments of Treasury or State. And any foreign aliens involved in ICAP’s anti-American subversion operations should expect to soon find themselves on an ICE deportation flight.”
Rubio designated ICAP for sanctions earlier this month under Executive Order 14404. The State Department said the designation blocks all ICAP property and interests in property and prohibits transactions with the organization unless expressly authorized by the Treasury or State departments.
The department described ICAP as a central part of a broader Cuban intelligence and influence operation that claims connections to more than 2,000 organizations in more than 150 countries.
Officials also pointed to ICAP’s current president, Fernando González Llort, who was convicted in the United States for his role in the Wasp Network, a Cuban spy ring uncovered in Florida in the late 1990s. González Llort served 15 years in U.S. prison.
The Trump administration said the latest arrests are part of a broader national security effort to remove foreign nationals accused of acting on behalf of hostile communist influence networks.
The State Department said foreign nationals involved in ICAP-linked operations should expect immigration enforcement action, including removal from the United States.
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