The large numbers of people fleeing the failed communist regimes in Nicaragua and Cuba are helping to increase the number of migrants trying to cross the border United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Of the total unique encounters at the southwestern land border in November 2022, 68,044 were from Cuba or Nicaragua, accounting for 35% of unique encounters. Of these, 35,849 correspond to immigrants Cuban.
The number of Cubans in November is the highest since the great migration influx began in November 2021, when Nicaragua and Havana agreed to a free visa. During this time, the US authorities registered the arrivaland 284,273.
“Venezuelans, who were previously part of this surge, continue to arrive in much smaller numbers due to the immigration control process, which includes deportations to Mexico and legal avenues. The number of Venezuelans has declined from about 1,100 a day in the week prior to the announcement process, to about 100 a day consistently throughout November,” the CPB said in a statement.
The number of people spotted at the southwest border in November 2022 was 204,155, a 4% increase in the number of unique encounters from the previous month. mainly driven by the increasing number of people fleeing authoritarian regimes in Cuba and Nicaraguareiterates CBP’s statement.
People from Mexico and North Central America accounted for 58,559 unique encounters in November 2022, accounting for 30% of unique encounters and a 14.2% decrease from November 2021.
In comparison, Mexicans and migrants from northern Central America accounted for 53% of unique encounters in November 2021.
In late October, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega proposed this to the United States could lead to the arrival of more Cuban, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan immigrants, in retaliation for the sanctions imposed by the North American country on these regimes.
The Ortega regime has visa-free agreements with Cuba and Venezuela that have facilitated the massive migration of citizens of those countries to the United States.
“Keep imposing sanctions and more immigrants will go to the United States. As much as they want to close the doors, there is no door they can close for immigrants,” he said in an act at the Interior Ministry, describing sanctions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua for “terrorist policies.”