Previously Stranded Cuban Migrants Enter US Borders
A recent development came for the immigration crisis in Central America, according to CNN. Cuban migrants who were previously stranded in Costa Rica for months finally arrived in the U.S. borders, some in Miami, according to the publication.
The surge of immigrants wanting to enter the U.S. in light of the U.S.-Cuban rebuilding relations went up to 8,000. However, only 180 people from the group in Costa Rica had the opportunity to be transported via air to finally start their long journey to the U.S., the news agency reports.
Since the U.S.-Cuban relations are on the mend, thousands of Cubans flee from their country and tried to enter the U.S. while no final agreements are made between the two countries. Currently, Cubans are given asylum in the U.S., but the ongoing talks may or may not change the immigration process for them.
Meanwhile, as the U.S. waits for larger groups of Cubans to arrive this week and in the coming few months, the Catholic Social Services is surprised on how orderly the arrivals of the Cubans are going in Laredo, Texas.
"I was downtown to check out the flow of the Cubans who were coming through, and it was not as chaotic as I thought it was going to be," the organization's executive director, Becky Solloa, said as quoted by the news outlet.
Furthermore, EFE reports that some Cubans, including father-son Angel Diaz and Odalandier Diaz, are grateful for having the opportunity to finally be reunited after four years. Since Odalandier's father Angel lives in Miami, seeing his son arrive brings joy to his heart.
"My son is out of danger. He's already in the country of freedom," Angel said as quoted by Latino Fox News. However his son, Odalandier said that his journey coming to the U.S. is the "most terrifying" but he remains to be grateful to what he experienced in Costa Rica, the news outlet reports.
It was a long route, according to the news agency, since Cuban migrants from Costa Rica flew via air transport and had to travel for five days in buses going to Miami from El Salvador.
The migrants had a tough time, especially when Nicaragua, which was supposedly an easier and more direct route, closed its borders to Cuban migrants who were trying to enter.
However, according to the outlet, there were only 20 Cubans from the group of 50, where Odalandier had a chance to be a part of, arrived in Miami.
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