Migrant arrivals in Florida facing uncertain future
Yoandri Sanchez Sanchez arrived in the Florida Keys just before sunrise Thursday with 22 other Cubans on a makeshift, motorized raft they built themselves.
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Yoandri Sanchez Sanchez arrived in the Florida Keys just before sunrise Thursday with 22 other Cubans on a makeshift, motorized raft they built themselves.
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Yoandri Sánchez Sánchez arrived in the Florida Keys just before sunrise Thursday with 22 other Cubans on a makeshift, motorized raft they built themselves. Their 100-mile (160-kilometer) journey from the communist island across the dangerous Florida Straits began on New Year's Eve and was interrupted by heavy rain that forced them to take shelter on a small deserted island for a couple days.
The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have completed removing and processing more than 400 Cuban migrants at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, but it was
Yoandri Sánchez Sánchez arrived in the Florida Keys just before sunrise Thursday with 22 other Cubans on a makeshift, motorized raft they built themselves.
Florida officials have appealed to the U.S. government to do more to deter migrants from making the risky trek.