That United States Border Patrol (CBP, for its English acronym) was announced this Wednesday, April 32 Cuban migrants stranded on an island nearby Floridaand another 11 who hid in a truck after getting out.
In accordance with Walter N. Slosarhead of CBP in the Miami sector“32 Cuban immigrants were taken into custody by US Border Patrol this afternoon [del miércoles 26 de octubre] after landing on an island 70 miles west of Key West, Florida.”
As published by the official in Twitter“The migrants were stranded on the island and [fueron] rescued by CBP Air and Marine Operations personnel and their Coast Guard partners.”
Also on Wednesday morning, “Miami Sector Border Patrol agents, with the assistance of the Florida Keys Sheriff, responded to a migrant landing near Marathon.”
According to information released by Slosar, “They encountered 11 Cuban migrants trying to board a dump truck after they landed. No injuries were reported.”
The island, ruled by the Communist Party, is experiencing one of the worst economic, social and human rights crises in its history, driving Cubans to emigrate en masse, mainly to the United States.
Early in the morning, Miami Sector Border Patrol agents assisted by @mcsonews responded to a migrant landing near Marathon, FL and encountered 11 Cuban migrants trying to board a dump truck after they landed. No injuries were reported.#border patrol #Florida #DHS #Cuba pic.twitter.com/WZQwKnfccY
— Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar (@USBPChiefMIP) October 26, 2022
Many migrants choose the Central American route, which takes them to Mexico’s northern border, where they face extortion, assault and greater dangers, while others head out to sea in precarious boats.
Since October 1, 2022, the date that the new fiscal year began in the United States, Coast Guard crews have arrested more than 900 Cubans at sea. This number confirms the rafters’ upward trend over the past few months, a stream that saw a record 6,182 intercepts in the previous period, the highest number in several years.
Between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022, a period considered for a fiscal year, the CBP arrested a total of 224,607 undocumented Cubans at the northern and southern borders, a 471% increase over 2021.