WASHINGTON (OSV News) — An asylum-seeker in the U.S. from Cuba told OSV News that she is spending the final part of her pregnancy on bedrest amid anxiety about her unborn child’s future due to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that would bar her child from U.S. citizenship.

Speaking to OSV News through a translator, the expectant mother, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Barbara, said she and her family fled Cuba as they were facing political persecution from Communist Party officials due to their Christian beliefs. The U.S. State Department acknowledges religious persecution in Cuba, which can include arrests, surveillance and abuse.

“Because I would not join their political party, my family started suffering political persecution,” Barbara said. “We d

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