46 Cuban Immigrants Land in Hollywood, Florida
Nearly 50 undocumented Cuban migrants who landed ashore at Hollywood shortly after midnight Saturday will be allowed to stay in the United States under the existing ”wet-foot,dry-foot” policy, authorities said.
Smugglers had brought the 46 migrants from Sagua la Grande, Cuba, near the island’s northern coast, according to U.S. Border Patrol Agent Lazaro Guzman.
Once a small fishing town, Sagua la Grande become a popular jump-off point for migrants wanting to leave the country.
Along the way, this latest group of migrants stopped in the Bahamas for a couple of days, where they refueled and remained until the weather calmed down, Guzman said.
Their arrival so far north along the Atlantic Coast surprised Border Patrol agents. ”They’ve never really landed that far north,” Guzman said, noting that smugglers adjust their routes of travel regularly to avoid capture by law enforcement.
All of the migrants were put in custody and will be released to the Miami-Dade Health Clinic after being processed and interviewed at the agency’s Pembroke Pines station.
The migrants will be allowed to stay in the United States under the U.S.-Cuba migration policy known as wet-foot, dry-foot. The police permits Cubans migrants who make it to U.S. soil to remain here, while those intercepted at sea are usually repatriated.
Source: Miami Herald
Well, 46 more citizens that have first-hand knowledge of what it is like to live in a socialist “paradise” and have no desire to replicate it can only be a good thing.
