Data provided by the United States Border Patrol indicates that from October of last year to March of this year, 116,878 Cubans have been detained on the border between the United States and Mexico. However, the data for January (6,433) and February (753) indicate a drastic reduction in illegal income from the entry into force of the parole humanitarian.
The head of the Border Patrol, Raúl Ortiz, specified that in the last five months, US officials have detained 900,590 irregular migrants, with Cubans being the second largest group to cross the border after Mexicans (225,476).
Despite the fact that US authorities have insisted that there has been a decrease in the crossing of Cubans since the Biden Administration launched the so-called parole humanitarian, last January, the numbers of island nationals who crossed illegally and turned themselves in to the Border Patrol continues to be significant, with 6,433. 40% of these people were expelled.
So far, in FY23, US Border Patrol apprehended 900,590 individuals from 147 countries. The top 5 nationalities Border Patrol Agents encountered are listed below. pic.twitter.com/GqawsZjee5
— Chief Raul Ortiz (@USBPChief) March 15, 2023
Ortiz highlighted on his social networks that this group and another 753 Cubans who returned to Mexico in February lost their eligibility for CBP One.
According to figures from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), in December 2022 they turned themselves over to the US authorities. 44,069 Cubans.
During the hearing on March 15, which took place in Texas and was organized by the US Homeland Security Committee, Ortiz warned that some areas of the agency he directs “face a crisis situation” due to the “challenges” it represents. the “migratory flow”.
The republican Mark Green, president of the Homeland Security Committee of the US House of Representatives, attributed part of this immigration crisis to the Mexican cartels. “They are making billions bringing people into the United States, many of whom have to pay with forced criminal labor.”
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