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<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 40278" data-attributes="member: 158">Federal agents detained a group of 20 migrants who were stranded on Monday and Tuesday on uninhabited islands west of the Florida Keys.Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector, reported the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection rescued eight on Tuesday in the Marquesas Keys.“Good Samaritans encountered the migrants &amp; notified authorities,” Slosar <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1536785796245626880" target="_blank">wrote</a> on Twitter, adding “#Cuba.”There were 12 migrants in the same area on Monday, about 20 miles west of Key West, <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1536433619417321474" target="_blank">according</a> to Slosar. He shared photos of two separate makeshift wooden boats.<img src="https://www.local10.com/resizer/_sXWK2BVnnDzJ63jfKBiHcqjaec=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/4OZEOTBKRRFCZFDVI2CVIGBSSI.jpg" alt="Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar shared photos of two boats near migrants who were stranded 20 miles west of Key West on Monday, right, and Tuesday, left." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar shared photos of two boats near migrants who were stranded 20 miles west of Key West on Monday, right, and Tuesday, left.Slosar has been documenting the dangerous makeshift vessels migrants are using to cross the Florida Straits.On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast <a href="https://twitter.com/USCGSoutheast/status/1536468807400701955" target="_blank">reported</a> stopping a sailing vessel with 67 migrants from Haiti, including minors.On Sunday, Slosar <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1536026697404776449" target="_blank">reported</a> a group of 19 migrants spent five days at sea on a “homemade” boat before they were stranded Saturday on the Dry Tortugas islands, about 70 miles west of Key West.The groups are part of an ongoing increase in migration from Cuba and Haiti.This fiscal year-to-date, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection had nearly 140,000 encounters with migrants from Haiti and Cuba so far, as opposed to about 88,000 last year, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters?language_content_entity=en" target="_blank">according</a> to federal data last updated in May.Graphic: Data on migrants from Cuba and Haiti<img src="https://www.local10.com/resizer/kUxiPu0I1pHOwrAP8VluTNqsVvk=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/R7OZB6ERGZA5FK4QAAERTJESO4.JPG" alt="Federal data on migrants from Cuba and Haiti this year." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Federal data on migrants from Cuba and Haiti this year.LocationRelated social media<a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/14/border-patrol-20-migrants-stranded-west-of-florida-keys-in-2-days/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 40278, member: 158"] Federal agents detained a group of 20 migrants who were stranded on Monday and Tuesday on uninhabited islands west of the Florida Keys. Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector, reported the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection rescued eight on Tuesday in the Marquesas Keys. “Good Samaritans encountered the migrants & notified authorities,” Slosar [URL='https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1536785796245626880']wrote[/URL] on Twitter, adding “#Cuba.” There were 12 migrants in the same area on Monday, about 20 miles west of Key West, [URL='https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1536433619417321474']according[/URL] to Slosar. He shared photos of two separate makeshift wooden boats. [IMG alt="Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar shared photos of two boats near migrants who were stranded 20 miles west of Key West on Monday, right, and Tuesday, left."]https://www.local10.com/resizer/_sXWK2BVnnDzJ63jfKBiHcqjaec=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/4OZEOTBKRRFCZFDVI2CVIGBSSI.jpg[/IMG] Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar shared photos of two boats near migrants who were stranded 20 miles west of Key West on Monday, right, and Tuesday, left. Slosar has been documenting the dangerous makeshift vessels migrants are using to cross the Florida Straits. On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast [URL='https://twitter.com/USCGSoutheast/status/1536468807400701955']reported[/URL] stopping a sailing vessel with 67 migrants from Haiti, including minors. On Sunday, Slosar [URL='https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1536026697404776449']reported[/URL] a group of 19 migrants spent five days at sea on a “homemade” boat before they were stranded Saturday on the Dry Tortugas islands, about 70 miles west of Key West. The groups are part of an ongoing increase in migration from Cuba and Haiti. This fiscal year-to-date, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection had nearly 140,000 encounters with migrants from Haiti and Cuba so far, as opposed to about 88,000 last year, [URL='https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters?language_content_entity=en']according[/URL] to federal data last updated in May. [B]Graphic: Data on migrants from Cuba and Haiti[/B] [IMG alt="Federal data on migrants from Cuba and Haiti this year."]https://www.local10.com/resizer/kUxiPu0I1pHOwrAP8VluTNqsVvk=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/R7OZB6ERGZA5FK4QAAERTJESO4.JPG[/IMG] Federal data on migrants from Cuba and Haiti this year. [B]Location Related social media[/B] [url="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/14/border-patrol-20-migrants-stranded-west-of-florida-keys-in-2-days/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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