4% of Cuban Population Showed UP at Mexican Border in Two Years (country, people)
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Although it's well known that people from Africa and Asia show up at the US southern border we mostly hear of people from Venezuela and Central America. Here's one that took me by surprise, not for their origin but % of population.
According to CBP figures, in 2022/23 almost 4% of the population of Cuba showed up at the Mexican border.
The insane part are the prices being charged by some airlines to transport the Cubans from Cuba to Nicaragua via the Dominican Republic. Cubans don't need a visa to enter the Dominican Republic and I think Nicaragua doesn't require a visa for Cubans either. From Nicaragua they march northward to thr US/Mexico border.
The main airline that seems to be benefiting the most is Sky High from Santo Domingo (though founded by a Cuban now naturalized as Dominican.) These are usually not their normal schedule routes, but rather charter flights. By all accounts, these are some of the most profitable flights for the airline and ticket prices are in the thousands of dollar, even above US$3,000.
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with the airline profiting from this. The ticket prices are ridiculous and they find Cuban buyers. Business is business. But I don't doubt this is a major reason for the spike of Cubans in the US/Mexico border.
The US government needs to put greater pressure on Nicaragua to start asking Cubans for a visa, although that means dealing with the left wing dictator over there.
Dominican journalist Nuria made an investigative report and aired it a few weeks ago in Dominican television. It's in Spanish.
Btw, both her mother and father were Spaniards. That's why she looks like that very European despite she has always lived in Santo Domingo. Her father was killed due to political reasons back in the 1970's. She hasn't fully gotten over the traumatic death of her father despite the years. Very sad and traumatic for her who was a girl then. Anyway, here is the story (in Spanish.)
we have no idea who's in the country already and no plans to find out. Soviets? Iranians? Terrorists? We have no idea. Thousands enter illegally every day. The border is wide open for illegal entries.
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