Cubans Still Fleeing Castro While They Can

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If Cubans try to float to the U.S., they’re sent back. So they take a great circle route overland that eventually funnels them across the Mexican border illegally.

Published Dec. 10 2015 1:00AM EST

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Cubans are fleeing their island, pushed forward by the fear that easing relations with the United States will, paradoxically, make it harder for them to gain legal status there.

As their numbers multiply another migrant crisis unfolds, in the Western Hemisphere this time, as Cubans who previously passed...

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Cubans Still Fleeing Castro While They Can

If Cubans try to float to the U.S., they’re sent back. So they take a great circle route overland that eventually funnels them across the Mexican border illegally.

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Anna-Cat Brigida