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03-22-2005, 06:06 PM #1
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Truck-sailing Cubans finally reach U.S.
Comment - Well, if you can't get in through Florida illegally, Mexico is wide open!
Truck-sailing Cubans finally reach U.S.
MIAMI - A Cuban family that twice tried to reach Florida with vehicles converted into boats has made it to Miami, this time coming overland via Mexico from Costa Rica, the family's lawyer said.
Luis Grass, his wife, Isora Hernandez, and their 5-year-old son, Angel Luis Grass Hernandez, entered the United States though the Texas-Mexico border on March 12.
They were held in custody in Brownsville, Texas until Sunday. They traveled to Miami on Monday after being released on parole for humanitarian reasons. They will be allowed to apply for permanent residence in 2006.
The Grass family's voyage to America began in 2003 when they and others tried to cross the Florida Straits aboard a bright green 1951 Chevy pickup, which Luis Grass had converted into a boat. They were intercepted by the Coast Guard and sent back to Cuba. The Coast Guard then sank the Chevy-boat.
Under U.S. immigration policy, Cubans who reach U.S. shores generally are allowed to stay while those caught at sea are usually returned.
Second attempt with Buick-powered boat
In February 2004 Grass made a second attempt to get to the United States illegally â€â€
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03-22-2005, 06:09 PM #2
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Allen said Grass’s "greatest frustration was that he was stuck at sea and he was not able to land in Miami and drive up to the beach."
Actually the greatest frustration was that the cigars got wet.http://www.alipac.us Enforce immigration laws!
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03-22-2005, 06:16 PM #3
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Maybe we need to post the US Coast Guard at the border. Seems they are doing a better job.
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03-22-2005, 06:18 PM #4
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I guess that they could "sail the Rio Grande."
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03-22-2005, 06:34 PM #5
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We'll give them airboats with wheels and let the sail up and down the fence.
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