Illegal Latino immigrants victimize Puerto Ricans, too

“Puerto Rico is known as the trampoline of the Caribbean. That’s because people from Caribbean and Latin American nations use the island as an entry point to the United States. Puerto Rico’s location is ideal for nearby residents to get to it on a small boat. The distance between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic is about 80 miles of rough sea.

From 1995 to 1997, the U.S. Coast Guard conducted an operation called ”Able Response” and caught more than 9,500 Dominican immigrants. So far this year, the Coast Guard reported 6,796 illegal immigrants intercepted at sea. From that total, 2,683 were from the Dominican Republic and another 2,310 were from Cuba. In light of Cuban President Fidel Castro’s failing health, the U.S. Coast Guard may see an increase in people planning to leave that country.”

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