| Number | 23336 |
| Subject | Immigration |
| Source | NBC News |
| State | FL |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication Date | 10/01/2007; 10/24/2007; 12/20/2007 |
| Summary | "The lucrative but dangerous business of smuggling Cubans into the United States is highly organized and growing fast. It is financed mostly by Cuban-American families in South Florida and involves smugglers and financiers in the Miami area, along with arrangers and transporters in Cuba and Mexico." Coast Guards in the United States, Havana, and Cuba are "frustrated by what they see as a national security threat as hundreds of boats a year come from Florida to pick up passengers illegally on the Cuban coast." |
| Category | Contest Entry |
| Pages | 20 |
| Keywords | Cuba; illegal immigrants; smuggling; Mexico; Havana; Florida |
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