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Cuba is 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Florida The stern of a Cuban "chug" (homemade boat used by refugees) on display at Fort Jefferson, Florida. The wet feet, dry feet policy or wet foot, dry foot policy is a 1995 interpretation, followed until 2017, of the United States Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966.
Following the implementation of Florida's new immigration laws, the state announced Wednesday a list of states from which driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants will now be considered ...
In 2013, California removed the proof of legal presence requirement to obtain a state issued driver licenses when California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 60 (AB 60) into law. [15] [16] Currently still known under its bill number, AB 60 removes the legal proof requirement in California to apply for a state issued driver's licenses. [11]
ABC news report by Margot O'Neill on the Tampa affair and its political context, October 2001. In late August 2001, the Howard government of Australia refused permission for the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa, carrying 433 rescued refugees (predominantly Hazaras of Afghanistan from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters) and 5 crew, to enter Australian waters.
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday evening intercepted a boat carrying 21 illegal immigrants from three countries headed toward San Diego.. U.S. Customs and Border Protection notified Coast Guard ...
The US Coast Guard cut off an “overloaded” boat packed with 132 Haitian migrants about 50 miles off the Florida coastline — and shipped them back home on Monday, officials said.
TAMPA — Even if they see little hope of participating fully in U.S. society, many of the estimated 11 million immigrants living illegally in the United States got what they came for — chiefly ...
There are an estimated half million illegal entries into the United States each year. [102] [103] [obsolete source] The Pew Hispanic Center estimated that 6–7 million immigrants came to the United States via illegal entry (the rest entering via legal visas allowing a limited stay, but then not leaving when their visa period ended). [102]