Mexico Deports 91 Cubans Awaiting Travel Documents to Try to Reach the U.S. Mario J. Penton - Miami Herald
go to original January 20, 2017

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A group of 91 Cubans who were stranded in Mexico following an end to migration policy that would have allowed them entry to the United States were deported to the island Friday, the Mexican authorities announced.

“In compliance with the provisions of the Migration Law, 91 Cuban nationals were sent to their country this morning from the airport in Tapachula Chiapas, after Cuban authorities issued a recognition of their nationality,” said a statement issued by the Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM).

The group included 20 women and 71 men who, according to the INM, were waiting to obtain transit documents to continue their their journey to the U.S. border.

...In its statement, the INM pointed out that Mexico’s Migration Law provides undocumented foreigners the ability to obtain transit documents that allows them to legally travel through Mexico for up to 20 days so that they can either legalize their migration status to leave the country.

In the case of 91 Cubans, the Consulate General of Cuba formally recognized and agreed to take back its citizens, allowing Mexican authorities to carry out deportations, INM said.

Since the Jan. 12 end to U.S. immigration policy known as wet foot, dry foot, hundreds of Cubans have been stranded in Mexico an elsewhere in their attempt to reach the United States.

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