Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 68726" data-attributes="member: 158">Federal agents responded to “multiple” migrant landings in Key West Monday morning, a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol said.Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the agency’s Miami sector, <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1564231929704206336" target="_blank">tweeted</a> that officials took 27 Cuban migrants into custody over the weekend after making landfall in the Florida Keys.Amid crises in Cuba and Haiti, federal officials report an eye-popping 350% increase in migrants this fiscal year. Local 10 News <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/25/cbp-commissioner-visits-south-florida-amid-stark-increase-in-migrant-landings/" target="_blank">sat down with the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a> last week to discuss the upsurge.On Saturday, U.S. Coast Guard crews <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/27/coast-guard-intercepts-apparent-migrant-vessel-near-florida-straits/" target="_blank">intercepted a vessel</a> in the Florida Straits that had dozens of apparent Haitian migrants. The agency also <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/27/90-cubans-returned-to-island-after-5-vessels-stopped-off-florida-keys/" target="_blank">returned 90 Cuban migrants</a> to their home country after multiple interdictions at sea.Those Cuban migrants were among the more than 4,600 intercepted at sea so far this fiscal year.<a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/29/federal-agents-responding-to-multiple-migrant-landings-in-key-west-official-says/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 68726, member: 158"] Federal agents responded to “multiple” migrant landings in Key West Monday morning, a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol said. Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the agency’s Miami sector, [URL='https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1564231929704206336'][B]tweeted[/B][/URL] that officials took 27 Cuban migrants into custody over the weekend after making landfall in the Florida Keys. Amid crises in Cuba and Haiti, federal officials report an eye-popping 350% increase in migrants this fiscal year. Local 10 News [URL='https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/25/cbp-commissioner-visits-south-florida-amid-stark-increase-in-migrant-landings/'][B]sat down with the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection[/B][/URL] last week to discuss the upsurge. On Saturday, U.S. Coast Guard crews [URL='https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/27/coast-guard-intercepts-apparent-migrant-vessel-near-florida-straits/'][B]intercepted a vessel[/B][/URL] in the Florida Straits that had dozens of apparent Haitian migrants. The agency also [URL='https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/27/90-cubans-returned-to-island-after-5-vessels-stopped-off-florida-keys/'][B]returned 90 Cuban migrants[/B][/URL] to their home country after multiple interdictions at sea. Those Cuban migrants were among the more than 4,600 intercepted at sea so far this fiscal year. [url="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/29/federal-agents-responding-to-multiple-migrant-landings-in-key-west-official-says/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

Verification