{"id":288270,"date":"2023-09-07T20:16:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=288270"},"modified":"2023-09-07T20:16:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:16:56","slug":"more-than-3500-cubans-have-been-turned-away-at-u-s-southern-border-since-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/more-than-3500-cubans-have-been-turned-away-at-u-s-southern-border-since-october\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 3,500 Cubans have been turned away at U.S. southern border since October"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 3,500 <\/span>Cubans<\/span><\/a> have been rejected since October 2022 by the immigration authorities of the United States at the border of that country with Mexico, according to official sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to data from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), <\/span>cited<\/span><\/a> by <\/span>El Nuevo Herald<\/span><\/i>, a total of 3,522 migrants from the island have not been admitted to U.S. territory since October 1, when this fiscal year began.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vast majority of them tried to enter the United States through Laredo, in the state of Texas, reported the publication, which pointed out that El Paso (Texas), Tucson (Arizona) and San Diego (California) are other border posts through which the migrants try to enter regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The number of Cubans rejected at the southern border is significant, although, <\/span>El Herald<\/span><\/i> recalled, it \u201cis lower if compared proportionally with the 15,410 for the entire fiscal year 2017.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. media also pointed out that the reduction in the flow of Cuban immigrants has been evident since in January 2017 former United States President Barack Obama (2009-2017) canceled the \u201cwet foot\/dry foot\u201d policy decreed in 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, it added, all Cuban migrants must arrive in the country with legal documents, either by sea, air or land, and if they wish they must request political asylum under a credible fear of returning to Cuba argument and wait months detained in the United States without the certainty that the request will be approved.<\/span><\/p>\n

In particular, since the lifting of the so-called Title 42 a few months ago, the U.S. authorities have insisted that under the current Title 8, those who cross the border illegally can be prosecuted, deported and prevented from entering the country for five years.<\/span><\/p>\n

To the more than 3,500 Cubans rejected at the border in the current fiscal year are added the more than 6,800 rafters from the island intercepted in this period by the U.S. Coast Guard.<\/span><\/p>\n

To avoid stopping the massive flow of Cubans to its territory, which in 2022 meant the entry of some 300,000 irregular migrants from the island to the United States, the Biden administration included Cuba in the humanitarian parole program established last January, which also benefits Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a <\/span>statement<\/span><\/a> from the United States Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), until the end of July, there were more than 181,000 people approved, of which some 41,000 were from Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

Humanitarian parole: is the storm coming?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n