United States Coast Guard (USCG) repatriated 13 Cuban rafterswhich were intercepted 32 miles southwest of Las Tumbas this Tuesday, according to official information.
A publication from that agency reported that the crew of the Isaac Mayo cutter returned the 13 immigrants to Cuba this Tuesday, after a “good Samaritan” located an “illegal migrant company” 32 miles (51.5 kilometers) southwest of Las Tombs.
“USCG and its partners will continue to rescue and repatriate migrants,” the statement said.
The information from the US Coast Guard did not specify the composition of the group of rafters or what date they took to the sea.
Until the time of publishing this note, the Cuban government has not reported on the repatriation of the immigrants this Tuesday.
The arrival of rafters to southern Florida attests to the persistence of the Cuban immigration crisis.
In late April, U.S. Border Patrol crews operating south of the state detained several groups of Cuban rafters who managed to disembark or were approaching the Florida Keys.
USBP agents, along with officers from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Southeast Coast Guard, responded to the disembarkation of a group of 18 rafters in Key Largoon April 23.
The previous weekend, Border Patrol with the support of HSTF Southeast (Homeland Security Task Force Southeast) detained 21 Cuban immigrants who made landfall in the Marquesas Keysa group of uninhabited islands about 50 miles west of Key West.
Likewise, in mid-April, 19 rafters were intercepted at sea who made the journey in an improvised boat to reach the northern country. They were repatriated four days later of being detained.
CBP revealed in its latest monthly report what 19,571 Cubans arrived in the United States through irregular routes last March. Of them, 5,323 did so in South Florida (Miami Sector and Miami Field Office) and another 631 in the Tampa sector.
In recent years, The United States government has insisted that anyone attempting to or arriving illegally by sea will not be able to remain in the country.will be processed in accordance with US laws and policies and returned to your country of origin or departure.
Migrants who arrive by sea and are detained by the Border Patrol after touching US soil are processed to be returned to their country of origin by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) and the Office of Enforcement and Removal (ERO), with the prohibition of legally re-entering that country for five years.
