The Trump administration has taken another major national security action, revoking the legal status of an alleged Cuban Communist influence operative and taking the individual, their wife, and their son into custody pending removal from the United States.
Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez, a Cuban national, has been accused of working as a "foreign subversive" for the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People (ICAP) for more than a decade.
The State Department announced the action on Wednesday, stating that Lloga Dominguez and his family are now in federal custody pending removal from the country.
Lloga Dominguez was employed by ICAP, which has been designated for sanctions under Executive Order 14404.
ICAP is a central node in a sprawling Cuban intelligence and influence operation, claiming to span more than 2,000 organizations across over 150 countries.
The organization has a long and intimate relationship with Cuban intelligence agents, including its current president, Fernando González Llort, a convicted Cuban spy who served 15 years in U.S. prison for his role in the infamous Wasp Network.
ICAP maintains an outsized footprint across the United States, trafficking in 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, 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.
This action is part of the administration's efforts to counter the spread of communism and protect American civilization from foreign influence operations.
The federal government will continue to take actions against foreign aliens involved in ICAP's anti-American subversion operations and will ensure their removal from the country.
