Three Cuban nationals have been taken into federal custody after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their legal status in the United States, in a move that underscores growing concern over communist influence operations on American soil.
According to The Post Millennial, the Department of State announced that one of those detained, Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez, is alleged to have "spent more than a decade working as a foreign subversive for the Communist Cuban regimes premier influence and intelligence front group in the United States." Federal agents also arrested his wife and son, following a determination that Lloga Dominguez had long-standing and ongoing ties to a Havana-directed network operating inside the US.
Officials stated that Lloga Dominguez had been employed for more than ten years by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People (ICAP), a body Washington now characterizes as a key instrument of Cuban intelligence and propaganda. Even after relocating to the United States, he is said to have maintained connections to ICAPs operations, raising alarms about the extent of foreign penetration into American civic and political life.
Rubio formally designated ICAP for sanctions in early June, targeting the organizations ability to operate and raise resources. The State Department described ICAP as "the central node in a sprawling Cuban intelligence and influence operation, claiming to span more than 2,000 organizations across more than 150 countries," highlighting the global reach of Havanas ideological apparatus.
The current head of ICAP, Fernando Gonzlez Llort, previously served 15 years in a US prison for his role in the Wasp Network, a notorious Cuban spy ring uncovered in Florida in the late 1990s. His elevation to the top of ICAP underscores the groups intimate connection to Cuban intelligence services and its function as more than a mere cultural or solidarity organization.
In a sharply worded statement, the department warned that, "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." It added that, "The organization facilitates close working relationships between Havana and radical U.S. groups, using Americas far left milieu as a vehicle to export Cubas Communist revolution to the United States."
An investigation by Fox News Digital found that ICAP officials have been working hand-in-glove with American nonprofits over the past decade to bolster Cubas Communist Party. These groups include Peoples Forum, Breakthrough News, Tricontinental, CodePink, the ANSWER Coalition, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, many of which are reportedly financed by far-left businessman Neville Roy Singham.
In May, the Trump administrations Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control issued subpoenas to socialist YouTuber Hasan Piker and CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin over a trip they took to Cuba. One such trip occurred in March, when activists were seen partying even as much of the island suffered a widespread blackout, with ICAP collaborating with US nonprofits to arrange the visit.
That March excursion operated under the banner of the "Nuestra America Convoy," with organizers insisting the mission was intended to deliver humanitarian aid and protest US sanctions. Participants also engaged in painting murals, a symbolic gesture that critics argue did little for ordinary Cubans while serving Havanas propaganda interests.
Federal authorities are now examining whether activists on the March trip violated US sanctions laws through the financing, coordination, or delivery of goods to Cuba. The inquiry also covers potential contacts with Cuban government personnel or entities, raising the prospect of legal consequences for Americans who align themselves with a hostile communist regime under the guise of solidarity.
Amid news of the subpoenas, it emerged that Piker had acknowledged in 2025 that the Cuban regime had directly sought to recruit him through diplomatic channels. "The Cuban government actually hit my contact from the embassy and told them that if the only thing stopping Hasan from coming to Cuba was the consistent internet access, we can make it happen," he said, a revelation that underscores how aggressively Havana courts sympathetic voices in the American media and activist class.
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