Heidy Sánchez's husband, Carlos Valle, and their daughter, Kailyn, are both U.S. citizens and remain in Tampa, Fla.

Heidy Sánchez was forced to wave goodbye to both her dream and her family when she was deported in April, even though her daughter and husband are US citizens – and she’s ‘never had so much ...

Heidy Sánchez was so distraught that she got on the rooftop of a house in Havana to get Wi-Fi connection and send her daughter a bedtime lullaby via WhatsApp. The Tampa-area mother was deported ...

Heidy Sánchez, who was deported from the US to Cuba, cries while showing photos of her daughter and husband, a US citizen, at her home in Havana, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Baños) ...

Heidy Sánchez, who was deported from the US to Cuba, cries while showing photos of her daughter and husband, a US citizen, at her home in Havana, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Credit: AP/Jorge Luis Baños ...

Havana, Cuba (CNN) — In a dilapidated home on the outskirts of Havana, Heidy Sánchez shows off photos from a past life. She flips though images on her iPhone of visits to Sea World with her ...

Cuban-born Sánchez, 44, was detained in Florida in April during a routine check-in appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, office. Two days later, she was deported to Cuba.

Havana, Cuba (CNN) — In a dilapidated home on the outskirts of Havana, Heidy Sánchez shows off photos from a past life. She flips though images on her iPhone of visits to Sea World with her ...

Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy Sánchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents’ home in Havana looking for an internet signal to video call her family and sing her ...

Havana, Cuba (CNN) — In a dilapidated home on the outskirts of Havana, Heidy Sánchez shows off photos from a past life. She flips though images on her iPhone of visits to Sea World with her ...