Actually the Cubans werent part of the Soviet Division Cuba landing - they were transported here by the Mexicans not the Cubans. The Cubans, as was made clear in both Red Star Lone Star and Spanish Main modules didnt want any part of the Twilight War and fighting the US.
Thus the Soviet invasion of the US Southwest involved not the Cubans but the Mexicans, with the Cubans basically getting rid of the Soviets to avoid having the US target them.
Spanish Main also emphasizes how the Cubans are not at war with the US and would not necessarily treat US soldiers as combatants if they encountered them.
Per Red Star
Upon the retirement from office of Fidel Castro in 1992, a
series of more moderate successors took over the government
in Cuba.
When the Sino-Soviet war began, Presidents Hernandez gave
verbal support to the USSR, but otherwise remained uninvolved.
When Germany declared reunification, the Cubans objected
diplomatically, but began to get nervous. The Cuban ambassador
to France was heard to remark that "...a match has just been
applied to a fuse, and if the explosion involves us in a war with
the Yankees, we could all die!"
When NATO entered East Germany, the Cubans were increasingly
nervous. To distance themselves even more from the USSR
(at least in American eyes), an arrangement was concluded for
a Soviet coastal enclave at Mariel, like the American one at
Guantanamo Bay. All Soviet military personnel, including those
serving in Cuban units (amounting to about a division all told)
were to move into this enclave. The Mariel enclave was rapidly
nicknamed "Guantanamo II" by the news media.
In 1998, it became increasingly obvious to Major General
Femerov, commander of the Soviet troops in Cuba, that Guantanamo
II presented a very tempting target for the U.S. This fact,
combined with pressure from a Cuban government anxious to
appear increasingly neutral to America, caused Femerov to look
for a means to get out of Cuba while striking a blow for the
USSR.
The opportunity to deliver a blow into America came shortly
after the election of the partly Marxist PRI/PPS coalition in the
summer of 1998. The PPS offered Femerov and his "Division
Cuba" a passage off of the island and back to the USSR, in
return for a short detour. Femerov and his soldiers were to assist
in a proposed invasion of America, to drive into the Yankee
heartland, and end the war. Femerov considered the proposal
for a time, and agreed.
The Soviet Division Cuba moved out of Cuba on Mexican
transports in June, 1998, and into action shortly thereafter.
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