Thread: Haitians Caught at Sea and Cubans Make Land

Why do the Haitians almost always get caught at sea but Cubans make land? In South Miami 19 Cubans came ashore at Haul Over Beach last week, 14 showed up at Hobie Beach this morning and 13 near that area yesterday and all came on go fast boats. A Cuban actually told the truth and said that they escaped economic hardship. Well there are other countries that are poor and don't have the same ability to walk in and get processed by immigration in 2 HOURS! The wetfoot/dryfoot policy has to stop as it is grossly unfair to others.

http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_122162820.html

Nearly 200 Haitians Picked Up At Sea
(CBS4) MIAMI Another group of Haitians has been caught making the dangerous journey to South Florida on an overcrowded boat.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute interdicted a 50-foot sail freighter about 12 miles west of Great Inagua, Bahamas. Onboard, packed shoulder to shoulder, 198 Haitian migrants.

The migrants were safely transferred from the sail boat to the cutter where they were given food, water, shelter and basic medical care.

The crew of the Resolute then returned the migrants to Port Au Prince, Haiti.


http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_122084959.html

Toddler Among Cuban Migrants Ashore On Hobie Beach
14 Came Ashore
10 Scattered, Police Searching For Them
4 Remained On The Beach
(CBS4) MIAMI For the second day in a row, a group of Cuban migrants have come ashore along Virginia Key, including a toddler.

According to CBS4’S Tiffany Helberg who spoke to one of the women who made the dangerous journey to freedom across the Florida Straits, there was a total of 14 people who were dropped off south of Hobie Beach between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Ten of the people quickly scattered but four remained and walked to Hobie Beach.

They’ve been identified by our news partners at The Miami Herald as Tanya Mangano, 38; her 1-year-old daughter, Sandra; her 13-year-old son, Alejandro; and a family friend, 35-year-old Maria Elena Aborrezzo Rodriguez.

Mangano told CBS4 News that they left Cuba on Sunday from the Villa Clara province.

Mangano says she’s happy to be here. “We came here because of economic problems. The situation there is very bad. We struggled to earn money to buy food,” Mangano told CBS4’S Tiffany Helberg.

This particular group says they don’t have any family here in South Florida but there is a family friend who is expected to pick them up after they are processed by immigration officials.

Thirteen other Cuban migrants came ashore Tuesday near the same place.

Under the U.S. government's wet foot/dry foot policy, Cubans who make it to American soil are generally allowed to stay while those interdicted at sea are more likely to be sent back.

Haitian often make land, but the are promptly returned home and they are the people that really need work and is really starving.



Are there any Nevadans here? If so Bob needs help.

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From what I have heard it is really bad in Haiti. I feel sorry for them. As for Cubans I don't have a problem with those who come on a raft but those whose relatives pay smugglers to bring them here should be sent back. Smuggling humans is illegal and shouldn't matter what country they come from.

Ten of the people quickly scattered but four remained and walked to Hobie Beach.

Those ten could be murderers, rapist, child molestors, etc. for all we know.

The wet foot/dry foot policy needs to end now, regardless of whether they came over on a raft, speed boat, luxury liner, or sea turtle!

They scattered because their relatives were probably waiting for them. The smugglers notify the family where and when they show up as many of them have them show when the police and media are there. As for criminals, we are stuck with them. Look at the Mariel boat lift. close to 2,000 of them were arrested for violent rapes and murder after they arrived in Florida. They have been released within the last few years from prisons where they served 20 years. They made criminal registration and in many cases gave fake addresses. One day we went looking for them to check out whether they were living at the address they gave. Out of the 5 only one gave his correct address, one moved and did not notify the authorities and 3 gave addresses in the middle of a street or canal in Hialeah. They started getting DNA swabs from them as there were also many cold cases at the time they were committing their crimes. As the Cubans now have their own politicians and judges they stood by their people and the police no longer can take DNA samples. Doesn't that make you sick?