Cuban migrants may stay in US
Published:Tuesday | September 1, 2009 | 1:00 PM
United States authorities say ten Cuban migrants, who landed on the small island of Monito, west of Puerto Rico yesterday, will likely be permitted to remain in the US.
Under a policy known as “wet-foot-dry-foot”, Cubans intercepted at sea are mostly sent home, while those who reach US soil are usually allowed to stay.
The US Border Patrol says it also captured eight migrants from the Dominican Republic on Puerto Rico\'s west coast on Sunday night.
All are expected to be deported, except for one named in a criminal warrant in New York.