ES / EN
- September 3, 2025 -
No Result
View All Result
OnCubaNews
  • World
  • Cuba
  • Cuba-USA
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Infographic
  • Culture
    • Billboard
  • Sports
  • Styles / Trends
  • Media
  • Special
  • Cuban Flavors
  • World
  • Cuba
  • Cuba-USA
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Infographic
  • Culture
    • Billboard
  • Sports
  • Styles / Trends
  • Media
  • Special
  • Cuban Flavors
OnCubaNews
ES / EN
Home Cuba-USA

U.S. arrests Cuban rafters in Florida Keys

The Border Patrol is investigating the circumstances of the arrival of the two rafters and reports of other immigrants who would have arrived in the area along with those who were arrested.

by
  • OnCuba Staff
    OnCuba Staff,
  • OnCuba editorial staff
November 9, 2019
in Cuba-USA
0
Cuban migrants’ raft found in the Florida Keys on November 7, 2019. Photo: Office of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection / the Nuevo Herald.

Cuban migrants’ raft found in the Florida Keys on November 7, 2019. Photo: Office of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection / the Nuevo Herald.

U.S. immigration authorities arrested this Friday two Cuban immigrants who arrived in a boat in the Florida Keys and who will be deported to the island, Keith Smith, a spokesman for the office of the state’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP), told EFE news agency. 

The spokesman said that Border Patrol officers at the Marathon station were alerted by the Sheriff’s Office in Monroes County, where this archipelago is located, about several immigrants’ “maritime traffic.”

He noted that the Border Patrol is investigating the circumstances and reports about several immigrants who would have arrived in the area along with those who were arrested. The number of the others who arrived is seven, according to local media.

“Two persons have been arrested and will be prosecuted for their expulsion,” said Smith.

This Thursday, the Nuevo Herald had reported the arrival of “between six and seven Cuban immigrants” to the Florida Keys, citing a CBP statement. According to the publication, the migrants “quickly dispersed after reaching land,” but during the day a woman and a man had been found and taken into custody to be later returned to the island.

Last September the United States immigration authorities deported the largest group of Cubans (120) on a flight to Havana as part of an agreement signed during the last days of the Barack Obama administration (2009-2017), by which the island promised to receive the deportees.

Related Posts

Photo: American Airlines

September to see 20% drop in air connections between U.S. and Cuba

August 29, 2025
The United States ordered the deployment of air and naval forces in the southern Caribbean Sea. Photo: Taken from @BrunoRguezP

Cuban government denounces U.S. military deployment in Caribbean and rejects anti-drug justification

August 19, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo: EFE/GRAEMEN JENNINGS.

U.S. revokes visas for African, Brazilian and PAHO officials for hiring Cuban medical missions

August 15, 2025
OFAC.S. Department of the Treasury. Photo: Marita Pérez Díaz.

OFAC fines U.S. company over $600,000 for shipping to Cuba

July 12, 2025

At the end of his term, Obama also canceled the “dry foot/wet foot” policy enacted in 1995, whereby Cubans who touched U.S. territory were favored with the Cuban Adjustment Act and could stay in the country and even obtain permanent residence, while those caught at sea were deported to the island.

Shortly before the elimination of this benefit, an unusual arrival of migrants from Cuba was registered in the Straits of Florida, given that many anticipated the end of the “dry foot/wet foot” policy, a migratory wave that has declined in recent years.

After the cancellation of the policy, the crossing of the so-called “rafters” was markedly reduced and became more unusual, but this year there are more and more frequent interceptions of Cubans in the Straits of Florida. The migration increase also extends to the southern border of the United States, to which according to the Nuevo Herald about 20,000 Cubans arrived during the last fiscal year.

EFE / OnCuba

  • OnCuba Staff
    OnCuba Staff,
  • OnCuba editorial staff
Tags: Cuba-USA Relationscuban rafters
Previous Post

License for private taxi drivers in Cuba changes, experiment comes to an end

Next Post

Italian dairy company established in Mariel

OnCuba Staff

OnCuba Staff

OnCuba Staff

OnCuba Staff

Next Post
Photo: ZEDMariel.

Italian dairy company established in Mariel

Chinese tourists. Photo: Getty Images

Cuba wants to double arrival of Chinese tourists in three years

Photo: Carlos R. Alvarez / WireImage.

King and queen of Spain in Cuba

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

The conversation here is moderated according to OnCuba News discussion guidelines. Please read the Comment Policy before joining the discussion.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Most Read

  • The Enchanted Shrimp of the Cuban Dance

    3208 shares
    Share 1283 Tweet 802
  • September to see 20% drop in air connections between U.S. and Cuba

    7 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2
  • From Havana to Guanabo Beach by train

    6 shares
    Share 2 Tweet 2
  • Martí in Manhattan, a symbol that returns the gaze

    6 shares
    Share 2 Tweet 2
  • What happened to cooperatives in Cuba? A review after more than a decade of “updating”

    7 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2

Most Commented

  • Jacqueline Maggi: “I learned to do with my hands what I could, with what I had and where life would take me”

    40 shares
    Share 16 Tweet 10
  • Yuma: my no place of distances and affections

    13 shares
    Share 5 Tweet 3
  • September to see 20% drop in air connections between U.S. and Cuba

    7 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2
  • Faces of indigenous Cuba: the trace we did not lose

    124 shares
    Share 50 Tweet 31
  • U.S. city of New Haven approves resolution against the embargo on Cuba

    25 shares
    Share 10 Tweet 6
  • About us
  • Work with OnCuba
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Moderation policy for comments
  • Contact us
  • Advertisement offers

OnCuba and the OnCuba logo are registered® trademarks of Fuego Enterprises, Inc., its subsidiaries or divisions.
OnCuba © by Fuego Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • World
  • Cuba
  • Cuba-USA
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Infographic
  • Culture
    • Billboard
  • Sports
  • Styles / Trends
  • Media
  • Special
  • Cuban Flavors

OnCuba and the OnCuba logo are registered® trademarks of Fuego Enterprises, Inc., its subsidiaries or divisions.
OnCuba © by Fuego Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}