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Cuban border crossing surge outnumbers Mariel boat lifts in 1980s

Immigration officials have blocked more than 175,000 Cuban immigrants from entering the United States sinceOctober. According to the latest figures released, it easily surpasses the number that arrived on the Mariel Boatlift in 1980. By US Customs and Border Protection.

The vast majority of the CPB's 177,848 recorded "encounters" with Cuban nationals in the last 10 months occurred along the southwestern border, with 175,674 by Border Patrol agents or by U.S. officials. was stopped at an established checkpoint between the United States and Mexico. Statistics show.

Of the immigrants from Cuba, 137,435 were single adults, and 39,731 were from various families who entered the United States together.

Asylum seekers from Cuba gather around a fire they made out of the items other migrants left behind, such as shoes, clothes, and trash to warm themselves in Yuma, Arizona, United States on February 22, 2022.
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A fishing boat loaded with Cuban refugees heads towards Key West in 1980.
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Residents help Cuban migrants to shore near Key West, Fla., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
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Figures posted online on Monday are part of a surge in immigration, with a record fear of more than 2 million people expected to hit when the federal fiscal year ends Sept. 30. expected to bring about. both June and July.

In April 1980, late Communist Party leader Fidel Castro allowed disenchanted Cubans to flee the island nation through Mariel Harbor. Political asylum is granted.

Before Castro ended his operation in October 1980, ships laden with freedom-seeking Cubans carried some 125,000 "marielitos" to Florida. 1983 remake of the movie Scarface.

In it, Cuban ex-criminal Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino, rises from his dishwasher job to become a filthy, rich Miami drug dealer, and eventually to Lost his life in a ferocious cocaine-fueled shootout. supplier minions.

The gory, climactic scene contains Pacino's memorable line, "Say hello to my little friend!"before fires with his grenade launcher.

Jesus Aguilero aka Aguilera, is seen in this 1982 New York Police mugshot.
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Jesus Aguilero, a real-life Marierito living in the Bronx, becomes a serial killer. , , doomed female victims in the early 1980s by promising them great deals on designer jeans.

Aguilero said he was convicted of three murders and charged with a fourth.

The number of Cubans who crossed the US border this yearwas first reported by The Wall Street Journal.