MADRID, Spain.- A group of 23 Cuban migrants arrived this May 18 in Islamorada, Florida, in a rustic boat.
“Early this morning, United States Border Patrol agents responded to a landing in the Florida Keys and encountered 23 migrants from Cuba,” he said through the social network. Twitter Walter N. Slosar, chief of the Border Patrol’s Miami sector.
According to the information, the Antilleans were taken into federal custody and will be processed for subsequent deportation.
In his publication, Walter N. Slosar shared two images of the sailboat in which the Cubans made the crossing. On its sides it read: “God will provide” and “Although the road is difficult I keep walking, God is with me.”
??????????, ??: Early this morning, US Border Patrol agents responded to a migrant landing in the #FloridaKeys & encountered 23 migrants from #Cuba. The migrants were taken into federal custody & will be processed for removal proceedings.#thursdaymorning #Florida pic.twitter.com/mq3BZVcOOQ
— Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar (@USBPChiefMIP) May 18, 2023
Despite the intensification of the policies of the United States government against irregular immigration, Cubans continue trying to reach the northern country by sea.
This same week, 42 Cubans (35 men and seven women) were returned to Cuba, after being intercepted at sea in their attempt to reach the United States. While last Friday another 74 were repatriated, who were involved in three illegal departures from the country.
So far this year, more than 2,600 Cubans have been returned to the island from the United States.
In recent days, the United States Embassy in Havana Indian that all people who jump into the sea will be ineligible indefinitely for the humanitarian parole program launched by the Biden administration last January.
The measure – the diplomatic headquarters indicated – applies retroactively to all those who have tried to reach the United States illegally by sea from April 27 onwards.
