MIAMI, United States. – The crew of the Coast Guard Charles David Jr., of the United States Coast Guard, repatriated 38 Cuban rafters this Friday, after two rescue operations near the coast of Florida, according to the US organization in a statement.
coast guard it also alerted potential irregular migrants about the risks of crossing the Florida Straits in precarious boats. “Don’t go to sea,” said Lieutenant Peter Hutchison of the entity’s District Seven. “The risk of loss of life is too great,” he added.
Although to a lesser extent, the island’s rafters have continued to reach the shores of the United States after the entry into force of the parole of the Biden administration, which should benefit 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans each month.
Since last October 1, the beginning of the current fiscal year, Coast Guard crews have returned 5,740 rafters to the Island.
Just 24 hours earlier, the Coast Guard also repatriated another 29 rafters. The same day, the Border Patrol in charge of the area detained 22 Cubans who disembarked on one of the islands in the Dry Tortugas National Park.
Patrol officer Walter N. Slosar said that there were 19 men and three women who had arrived aboard an artisanal vessel.
“U.S. Border Patrol agents and local partners responded to a migrant landing at Dry Tortugas National Park and encountered 22 Cuban migrants. The group (19 men and three women) arrived at the place in a rustic boat,” said the officer in his Twitter account. Twitter.
In mid-January, the United States Government warned that migrants who arrive illegally in its territory, including by sea, would be repatriated and would not be able to apply to the immigration program. parole humanitarian launched on January 5 by President Joe Biden.
“New process for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans: if a request for parole humanitarian law or a person is caught illegally crossing into the US, they will be returned directly to their country of origin and will no longer be allowed to apply for this process,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted through Twitter.
For his part, Commander of the 7th District and Director of the Homeland Security Task Force, Brendan McPherson, said: “Our HSTF-SE teams will rescue and repatriate anyone who tries to enter the United States illegally by sea. Incursions into the southeast maritime border will result in deportation and ineligibility for immigration options.”
