Market Watch via Wall Street Journal
Ben Kesling
May. 11, 2017
WASHINGTON—For the first time in nearly a decade, the Coast Guard last month didn’t intercept any Cubans trying to sail illegally to the U.S., a change due in large part to new policies set by both the Obama and Trump administrations, the head of the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
The dramatic drop in the number of Cubans attempting the sea journey in April mirrors a significant fall in migrant flow along the southwestern U.S. land border, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft said in an interview.
“April was the first month in seven years where we didn’t have one Cuban migrant, not one,” Adm. Zukunft said. “On a typical day at this time last year, we would probably pick up anywhere from 50 to 150 Cuban migrants,” he added.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/zero-illegal-cuban-immigrants-caught-by-coast-guard-in-april-lowest-in-nearly-a-decade-2017-05-11
