Karen Vasquez, 44, walked out of jail in Cuba on Sunday, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican under which the Biden administration would loosen sanctions on the communist-run island, while Havana would release more than 500 people from its jails who are considered political prisoners by Washington.

On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba as a federally recognized state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order by his White House predecessor to lift the designation from the island nation. The move came amid a flurry of actions Trump took Monday after being sworn in as the 47th United States President.

President Trump, starting his second term, began a slew of executive actions by rescinding 78 Biden-era executive orders, executive actions, and presidential memoranda.

The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.

The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.

Under the Biden administration, migrants from embattled countries could apply for entry due for humanitarian reasons, without having to attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally.

During an interview Friday on WLRN's South Florida Roundup, former Miami Congressman Joe Garcia commented on the recent developments surrounding the Biden Administration lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba.

Mobilized 'cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces' are headed to protect the state from unwanted interlopers.

US President Donald Trump overturned the decision of the previous administration under Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, The Wall Street Journal reports. It is noted that the decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism was made by Biden less than a week ago,

US President Donald Trump reversed Joe Biden's decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, just hours after his inauguration. Biden had planned to remove Cuba from the list in exchange for the release of 553 prisoners.

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