Thread: US Repatriates 169 Cubans Intercepted at Sea

Caracas, Saturday January 16,2016

US Repatriates 169 Cubans Intercepted at Sea

MIAMI, USA - The United States Thursday repatriated 169 Cubans who tried to enter the country by the sea route in makeshift vessels but were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Atlantic Ocean.

The immigrants, intercepted in nine different operations before they touched American soil, were sent back to Bahia de Cabañas in northern Cuba, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

According to the Coast Guard, 1,942 Cubans have been intercepted in the Florida Straits since Oct. 1, among them 396 in January alone.

According to the so-called "dry foot-wet foot" policy followed by Cuba and the United States, Cubans who try to reach the United States illegally and are intercepted at sea are repatriated, while those who touch U.S. soil may remain and apply for permanent residency a year later.

In the last fiscal year, between Oct.1, 2014 to Sept.30, 2015, over 43,000 Cubans arrived in the United States, a 77 percent jump from the previous fiscal year.

The Coast Guard said Thursday the immigration policies of the United States remained unchanged and urged Cubans not to travel in boats unsuitable for navigation in the sea.

It added uncertainty regarding a possible change in U.S. immigration policy towards Cuba has led to a sharp increase in the number of Cuban immigrants since the beginning of the normalization process between the two countries in December 2014.

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Yep, but the word is we're allowing them to cross our Southern border at will.

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