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Officials Seeing Fewer Cubans Trying To Reach US
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Published: September 28, 2008
MIAMI - Fewer Cubans have been apprehended this year trying to enter the United States.
The U.S. Coast Guard said this weekend 25 percent fewer Cubans were discovered this fiscal year, which for them ends Tuesday. That amounts to 2,140 people, compared with 2,868 migrants last year.
Under United States policy, Cubans caught at sea are typically returned to their native country, while those who make landfall are allowed to remain here.
The Coast guard says almost 100 Cubans in the two-year period died or are missing and presumed dead attempting the illegal trip to America.
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