Agents from the United States Border Patrol (USBP) and partner agencies detained this Tuesday morning 33 rafters from Cuba that managed to make landfall in the Florida Keys.
Border Patrol Chief Agent for the Miami Sector, Samuel Briggs II, reported in a brief statement on social media X that officers had just responded to a migrant landing in Key West, where they found the group of Cubans.
Briggs announced that Immigrants would be placed in federal custody and processed for removal.as provided by the immigration policies of the U.S. government.
The note did not specify the health status of the Cuban rafters after arriving on U.S. soil, nor details such as the composition of the group and where on the island they came from.
Just five days ago, the US Coast Guard (USCG) intercepted 17 rafters near the Florida Keys and He returned them to Cuba.
The US government has reiterated that Migrants who arrive by sea and are detained by the Border Patrol will be processed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), to be returned to their country of origin, with a ban on legally re-entering the United States for five years.
However, despite attempts by US authorities to deter illegal migration by sea, many Cubans continue to risk crossing the Straits of Florida in precarious boatshaving no legal options to leave the country, which is in the midst of a deep generalized crisis.
The harsh living conditions, lack of freedoms and lack of opportunities in Cuba continue to generate a Mass and irregular exodus from the island to the United Statesboth by sea and by land.
Last June alone, 17,563 Cubans entered through the US bordersaccording to data published by the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP). Of that total, 6,216 did so by seawhich confirms that the influx of Cuban rafters to the North American country continues.
