More Cubans immigrating to US by crossing into Texas from Mexico
- Yesterday 9:16 AM
MIAMI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - U.S. border authorities encountered Cubans almost 32,400 times in March, according to figures recently released. That was roughly double the number in February and five times the number in October.
The increase coincided with Nicaragua's decision starting in November to stop requiring visas for Cubans to promote tourism after other countries, such as Panama and the Dominican Republic, began mandating them.
After flying to Nicaragua, Cubans travel by land to remote stretches of the U.S. border with Mexico - mainly in Del Rio, Texas and Yuma, Arizona - and generally turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents.
The Biden administration has been leaning on other governments to do more to stop migrants from reaching the U.S., most recently during a visit this week to Panama by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The actions of Nicaragua, a U.S. adversary, complicates that effort.
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