To me any Cuban smuggled here should be considered illegal and deported as smuggling is an illegal act.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/ ... ws-broward

South Florida: 70 people caught at sea sent back to Cuba

Posted July 12 2007


The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday returned 70 Cubans caught at sea in three separate incidents.

They included 39 people the Coast Guard found aboard a speedboat on Sunday about 20 miles south of Loggerhead Key, 18 Cubans found on Monday on a "rustic vessel" about 80 miles southwest of Key West and 13 people found Monday aboard an "unseaworthy vessel" about 20 miles north of Mariel, Cuba. All were returned to Bahia de Caba�as, Cuba.

The Coast Guard also caught two suspected smugglers with the first group and turned them over to Customs and Border Protection officials. Under the "wet foot dry foot" policy, Cubans found on the high seas are usually returned, while those who make it to U.S. soil are generally allowed to remain.