MIAMI, United States. — More than 32,000 Cubans arrived at the southern border of the United States in March 2022, the newspaper reported on Thursday Washington Post.
The figure, not yet published by the Office of Customs and Border Protection of the United States (CBP, for its acronym in English), was advanced to the newspaper by that agency, which has not yet updated the records in its Official site.
The more than 32,000 migrants from the island who entered US territory through the border with Mexico during March represent almost double those who did so in February and bring the number of Cubans who have arrived in the US to almost 80,000. by that route from October 2021.
points out Washington Post that, if the trend continues, the figure could rise to 155,000 at the end of this fiscal year, which began in October 2021.
This is the largest mass exodus of Cubans to the United States since the Mariel migration crisis in 1980, which ended with 125,000 Cubans leaving the Caribbean island.
Even without the “Dry feet, wet feet” policy —repealed in 2017 by the Barack Obama Administration—, Cubans continue to occupy a privileged position with respect to migrants from other countries due to the serious political situation on the island and the validity of the Cuban Adjustment Act (1966).
In that sense, Washington Post highlights that, with the current Administration, Cubans, once they arrive in the United States, run little risk of being deported, a scenario endorsed by figures from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE, for its acronym in English).
According to numbers from that federal agency, in the last five months only 20 Cubans have been deported to the island, compared to only 95 who were returned during fiscal year 2021.
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