Tensions Rise as More Flee Cuba for U.S.
BY ABBY GOODNOUGH
MIAMI, Dec. 17 - The number of Cubans intercepted at sea while trying to reach the United States is at its highest level since tens of thousands took to the Florida Straits on makeshift rafts and in small boats in the 1994 exodus sanctioned by President Fidel Castro.
Coast Guard data show that as of Friday, 2,683 Cubans had been intercepted at sea this year, nearly double the amount for all of 2004. And while the high season for migrant crossings, when the sailing tends to be smoothest, is already past, scores have kept trying the journey despite the perils.
Some of the migrants, hoping to avoid confrontations with Coast Guard patrols, are taking unusual routes, to the United States Virgin Islands and the Gulf Coast of Florida. A fast-growing number - including 6,744 counted by Customs and Border Patrol in the fiscal year that ended in September - are entering the United States by slipping across the Mexican border, often after sailing some 500 miles to Honduras from Cuba. (more…)
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I guess the free and wonderful healthcare sucks.
Send them back to where they belong.
If it’s good enough for Haitians…
Well first of all, unless you are 100% Native American I don’t need to hear any “get back where you belong” vitriol.
That having been said, the NAACP is whack:
The NAACP is a pathetic organization by and large, so I have called them on the mat and asked CEO Bruce Gordon for a commment about why they turned-tail on me like a bunch of sally-*sses.
http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2005/12/king-raps-naacp-wmur-for-public.html
http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2005/12/taint-of-government-and-naacp.html
And watch the movies here:
http://www.christopherkingesq.com