/tags/cuban-migration Cuban migration en-US WLRN Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-01-24/keys-group-offers-workshop-on-new-biden-immigration-program-for-prospective-sponsors The Keys Immigrant Coalition is offering a free trilingual public workshop Jan. 24 for families, friends and supporters of migrants wanting to sponsor arrivals through the Biden administration's new parole program. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-01-24/keys-group-offers-workshop-on-new-biden-immigration-program-for-prospective-sponsors Gwen Filosa /immigration/2023-01-23/the-catch-to-a-new-u-s-immigration-program-seeking-to-help-haitians South Florida's Haitian-American Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick tells ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊhow President Biden’s humanitarian parole program impacts Haitians, migrants and asylum seekers — while families discuss the stress of going through it. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /immigration/2023-01-23/the-catch-to-a-new-u-s-immigration-program-seeking-to-help-haitians Wilkine Brutus /news/2023-01-13/up-to-100-000-per-boat-the-complex-task-of-removing-abandoned-migrant-vessels-from-keys-fragile-ecosystem Nonstop migrant landings in the Florida Keys has overwhelmed federal law enforcement agencies. But the county must deal with the boats left behind in an already fragile environment. Fri, 13 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-01-13/up-to-100-000-per-boat-the-complex-task-of-removing-abandoned-migrant-vessels-from-keys-fragile-ecosystem Gwen Filosa /immigration/2023-01-10/as-cuban-migrants-keep-landing-in-the-keys-families-seek-better-information Since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared the migrant wave in the Keys an emergency, some migrants' families say they want better communication. Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:24:02 GMT /immigration/2023-01-10/as-cuban-migrants-keep-landing-in-the-keys-families-seek-better-information Tim Padgett /immigration/2022-12-14/surge-in-cuban-migrants-landing-in-the-keys-in-homemade-boats Cubans are arriving in the Florida Keys in rickety boats in larger numbers than a year ago, the U.S. Border Patrol reports. Between Sunday and Tuesday alone, more than 120 people from the island landed in the Keys on handmade boats. Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:30:00 GMT /immigration/2022-12-14/surge-in-cuban-migrants-landing-in-the-keys-in-homemade-boats Gwen Filosa /news/2022-05-27/disastrous-cuban-sugar-harvest-could-mean-an-even-larger-cuban-exodus Cuba this week is reporting its worst sugarcane harvest in more than a century. It could exacerbate the island's economic crisis — and the flight of migrants to the U.S. Fri, 27 May 2022 20:45:02 GMT /news/2022-05-27/disastrous-cuban-sugar-harvest-could-mean-an-even-larger-cuban-exodus Tim Padgett /news/2022-05-18/many-cuban-exiles-feel-biden-let-himself-be-blackmailed-by-havana-with-cuba-policy-changes Most Cuban-Americans in South Florida backed Trump's tougher Cuba strategy — and they feel Biden is throwing the regime a lifeline when it's at its weakest. Wed, 18 May 2022 21:32:00 GMT /news/2022-05-18/many-cuban-exiles-feel-biden-let-himself-be-blackmailed-by-havana-with-cuba-policy-changes Tim Padgett /local-news/2022-05-18/the-biden-administration-is-relaxing-the-rules-on-cuba-can-it-help-immigration-to-the-u-s President Joe Biden is rolling back some of his predecessor’s sanctions on communist Cuba. The changes are intended partly to help deter a record wave of Cuban immigration to the U.S. Wed, 18 May 2022 17:16:55 GMT /local-news/2022-05-18/the-biden-administration-is-relaxing-the-rules-on-cuba-can-it-help-immigration-to-the-u-s Katie Lepri Cohen, Sherrilyn Cabrera /news/2022-04-12/the-dominican-republic-is-the-latest-country-trying-to-stem-a-wave-of-cuban-transit-migration Dominican officials this week announced stiffer visa requirements for Cuban migrants transiting through to the U.S., following countries like Colombia and Panama. Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:07:02 GMT /news/2022-04-12/the-dominican-republic-is-the-latest-country-trying-to-stem-a-wave-of-cuban-transit-migration Tim Padgett /news/2021-06-21/more-cuban-migrants-land-in-the-keys-but-likely-wont-stay-for-long The recent spike in maritime migration from Cuba to South Florida shows no sign of slowing. Another group landed in the Florida Keys Monday morning. Mon, 21 Jun 2021 21:25:32 GMT /news/2021-06-21/more-cuban-migrants-land-in-the-keys-but-likely-wont-stay-for-long David Goodhue | the Miami Herald