Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says migrants intercepted at sea will not be permitted to enter U.S.
when she seemed to discourage the flow of migrants from the U.S. southern border with the message that they would be sent home.
"I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border: Do not come. Do not come," she said. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned potential Cuban and Haitian migrants not to attempt to travel to the United States illegally by sea, on Tuesday, saying the journey would be too dangerous, and wouldn't mean entry into the country. Mayorkas appears here during a press conference on July 6 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.A previous arrangement called the"wet foot, dry foot" policy, once allowed Cubans who made the trip to the U.S.
"DHS is working with our partners to support the Haitian and Cuban people. The Coast Guard, along with our state, local and federal partners, are monitoring any activity that may indicate increases in unsafe and irregular maritime migration in the Florida Straits, including unpermitted vessel departures from Florida to Cuba.," Mayorkas reiterated in his briefing.
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