Re: Coast Guard repatriates 107 Cubans


"torresD" <torresd30@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Miami Cubans voted for Bush, that is their reward,
> getting kicked back to Cuba.

Thanks for confirming that being sent to Cuba is a real punishment Doris.

PL


> "PL" <pl.nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:N5g%e.8785$WO3.383075@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Posted on Mon, Sep. 26, 2005
>>
>>
>> Coast Guard repatriates 107 Cubans
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>>
>> South Florida Sun-Sentinel
>>
>> MIAMI - (KRT) - The U.S. Coast Guard has repatriated 107 Cubans it
>> intercepted on the high seas in nine separate incidents over a 10-day
>> period.
>> The repatriations to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba occurred over the weekend and
>> Monday.
>> One incident involved 34 people the Coast Guard found on a go-fast boat
>> 27 miles south of Key West on Sept. 17. Two of the people on board,
>> suspected of being smugglers, are in the custody of Customs and Border
>> Protection, and the Coast Guard returned the rest to Cuba on Sunday.
>> According to Coast Guard statistics, guardsmen have intercepted more than
>> 2,000 Cubans at sea this year, the highest number of interceptions in
>> more than 10 years.
>> Under the federal government's so-called wet foot/dry foot policy,
>> immigration officials interview Cubans caught at sea and determine
>> whether they have a credible fear of persecution if returned to the
>> island. Most are returned. Those who make it to land are generally
>> allowed to stay.
>> ---
>> © 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
>>
>>
>> http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/nation/12747902.htm
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