The new Cuban immigration boom is unprecedented

Some Cubans sell their homes to pay for the migration trip.

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Cubans gather in front of the Mexican consulate in Havana to obtain a visa to leave their country.

"It's a really tragic situation," said a woman waiting for her turn in the crowd. "Everyone who can get out of this country never hesitates."

Crowds gather here on weekdays after getting an appointment, for which an application is made months in advance, through the Mexican consulate's website.

Given that it is impossible to get a consulate appointment in the near future, some people are paying hundreds of dollars to people they promise to speed up those appointments.

These promises, which feed on people's despair, usually end in deception.

The woman who was waiting her turn admits that if she gets a tourist visa, she does not plan to return to Cuba.

"Two of my sons and their wives left for Central America and are now in Miami, where my first grandchildren were born," she said.

Like the relatives of this woman, tens of thousands of Cubans left Cuba in the past by various means, but now the situation is different, as the migration mechanism is moving very quickly, with young men leaving.

Entire families emigrate, some even selling their homes to pay for the trip.

The Cuban authorities assert that many Cubans choose to remain in Cuba, but the United States is manipulating the matter to make it seem that no one wants to live in Cuba, but leaving Cuba continues unabated.

The data from CBP is very telling.

During the seven months from October 2021 to April 2021, about 115 thousand Cubans entered the territory of the United States illegally through the Mexican border, which is three times more than those who entered the last fiscal year, i.e. between October 2020 and September 2021 when 38,5 thousand Cubans entered the United States from the road. same.

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