Posted on Thu, Sep. 13, 2007
Miami Herald staff report
Six Cuban migrants made it to shore at the Rickenbacker Causeway in Key
Biscayne just after 5 a.m. Thursday.
The migrants, who appeared to be in good health, said they were smuggled
into the United States from Pinar del Rio, Cuba. They told police their
journey lasted three days and that they ran out of food after the first
day. There was also inclement weather during the trip.
Miami fire-rescue provided water and blankets. Miami police officers
began to process the migrants.
While the migrants awaited for Border Patrol officers, a radio station
broadcast their arrival.
A Cuban-American man was driving to work and heard the dispatch. He
stopped at the causeway and gave the migrants the lunch he had packed in
a cooler -- yogurt, cereal, fruit, tuna, crackers, lemonade.
Under the ''wet foot/dry foot'' policy, Cuban migrants who reach U.S.
soil are permitted to stay in the United States. The Cuban Adjustment
Act of 1966 enables them to apply for a green card once they pass the
12-month mark in the country.
Miami Herald correspondent Raul Torres contributed to this report.
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