A remote national park located in the Gulf of Mexico closed on Monday after about 300 migrants landed there over the holiday weekend, officials say.
have come through the U.S.-Mexico border in the last fiscal year, with many fleeing flooding and medicine and power shortages, as well as a crackdown on anti-government protests.Slosar tweeted"Like elsewhere in the Florida Keys, the park has recently seen an increase in people arriving by boat from Cuba and landing on the islands of Dry Tortugas National Park," the park's statement continued.
Rear Adm. Brendan C. McPherson, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Southeast Task Force and commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District, addedthat the migrants"will be removed, provided food, water & basic first aid before transfer to federal [law enforcement] agents in the Keys for processing by [The U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami Sector] to determine their legal status to remain in the United States or be processed for removal and repatriation to their country of origin.
The 100-square mile park, made up of seven small islands, is accessible only by boat or plane and is known for its coral reefs and marine and bird life,
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