- Financial and political upheaval in each Cuba and Haiti has compelled a gradual exodus from each international locations.
- U.S. Border Patrol brokers have encountered greater than 175,000 Cubans on the U.S.-Mexico border this fiscal yr by means of July, greater than the variety of Cubans who arrived throughout the 1980 Mariel boatlift.
- Hundreds of Cubans and Haitians try to succeed in Florida shores on makeshift vessels, a lot of which aren’t seaworthy.
Some float throughout miles of open ocean on chunks of Styrofoam fixed along with bamboo twine. Others dodge Mexican cartels and wade throughout the Rio Grande with smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
By land and by sea, greater than 230,000 Cuban and Haitian migrants have tried to succeed in the US this yr to hunt asylum, marking one of the most important migrations to the US both nation has witnessed.