US Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 100 Cuban migrants after multiple vessels reached land in South Florida over Labor Day weekend
On Monday, Border Patrol agents took into custody 15 migrants -- 13 men and two women -- after they landed on Miami-Dade's Haulover Beach, Chief Patrol Agent of the Miami Sector Walter Slosar said in a tweet.On Saturday, two migrant groups, totaling 42 Cubans, made landfall in the Dry Tortugas and Islamorada, he added.
That was the most since the agency reported 5,396 interceptions in 2016, its highest number of Cuban migrant interceptions since the 1990s.Read MoreUS Customs and Border Protection has deployed additional Border Patrol agents to the Miami sector amid an uptick in migrant arrivals, according to a CBP official."This year alone, we know of at least 61 migrants that have lost their lives at sea, and that is far too many.
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