Thread: Cuban`s at sea 17 days

Cuban migrants land in Mexico after 17 days at sea

May 12th, 2008 @ 6:24pm

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - An attempt to reach Florida turned into 17 days at sea for Cuban migrants crammed aboard a rickety sailboat that drifted ashore in Mexico near the Belize border.

The migrants _ 12 men and two women _ were severely dehydrated when they landed Saturday and two of them had to be hospitalized, local deputy police chief Didier Vasquez Mendez said.

"These people survived by a miracle. The boat was made of sticks, very small and not seaworthy," Vazquez Mendez said Monday. "Plus they ran out of water."

The migrants told reporters they drank urine with sugar in their efforts to survive.

The tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula near Cancun is only 120 miles (190 kilometers) southwest of Cuba. But the migrants landed in Xcalak, a town near the border with Belize more than 180 miles (300 kilometers) south of Cancun.

The Cubans were detained by Mexico authorities, but most Cubans who arrive in Mexico are released after being held 90 days at an immigration center.


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So what happens when mexico releases them , are they free to invade ?

FedUpinFarmersBranch wrote:

So what happens when mexico releases them , are they free to invade ?

Sounds that way to me. However, they still have to get across the border. Oops, foolish me, that shouldn't be a problem at all.

all they have to do is show up at the border, whip out their cuban identification and presto 6 months later a green card. Food stamps, section 8 housing, medicaid and whatever other benefits they can get even though they have never contributed a cent to this gov't.

Originally Posted by MW

FedUpinFarmersBranch wrote:

So what happens when mexico releases them , are they free to invade ?

Sounds that way to me. However, they still have to get across the border. Oops, foolish me, that shouldn't be a problem at all.