POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. I’LL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES WITH CLOSER LOOK
AT THE WEATHER RIGHT HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
BACK TO THE UNDER REST IN CUBA
AND RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE
MIGRANT CRISIS.
>> THOUSANDS ESCAPING THE
ISLAND NUMBER AT RECORD RATE
AND WHICH WILL ENGINES FOR
THEM AND FOR FEDERAL AGENTS AS
WELL.
>> WE FOLLOW AGENT SINCE LAST
FALL HAD EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO
RESCUE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.
FALL HAD EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO
RESCUE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.
>>Reporter: WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO BORDER PATROL AGENTS.
ON JETSONS SKI.
NIMBLE AND FAST.
HEADING TO WHERE WITNESSES
REPORTED SEEING MIGRANT ON
HOME MADE BOAT.
>> WHERE IS YOUR AGENCY.
>> 5 CUBAN JUST CAME ASHORE.
>>Reporter: UNINHABITED
ISLAND OFF MARATHON. NO WAY
IN OR OUT BY LAND.
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OFF
THE ISLAND IF THEY CAN.
>>Reporter: THERE IT IS.
>> WE HAVE ARRIVED ON ISLAND.
WILD LIFE HER AND FOUND WHAT
THEY BELIEVE IS THE VESSEL.
WILD LIFE HER AND FOUND WHAT
THEY BELIEVE IS THE VESSEL.
>> ARE WE SURE THAT PEOPLE LANDED WITH THIS. >> THEY SAID THERE’S 5.
WE WERE LAUNCH TLING WERE
PEOPLE LIKE GUY COMING IN.
WE WERE LAUNCH TLING WERE
PEOPLE LIKE GUY COMING IN.
>>Reporter: THE BOAT IS WOODED BOARD AND SPRAY FOAM BUT AFTER HOURS OF SEARCHING
FROM THE WATER AND WITH HELP
IN THE AIR GOOD SAMARITAN CALL
IN THE EXACT LOCATION.
THIS RAMP SHACKLE HOUSE ALONG
MAN GROVE LINED CHANNEL.
ONE MAN HIDING IN A TREE. THEY TELL US THEY WERE AT SEA FOR 7 DAYS SHOWING US THE
BATTERED HANDS FROM ROGUE
AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE FAMILY IN
FLORIDA AND WERE WILLING TO
RISK IT ALL.
>> BETTER TO DIE AT SEA THAN
TO LIVE IN CUBA.
TO LIVE IN CUBA.
>>Reporter: WE HAVE FOLLOWED U.S. CUSTOM AND BORDER PROTECTION AGENT SINCE HAS
YEAR.
WHEN THE NUMBER OF CUBAN
ESCAPING THE COMMUNIST ISLAND
WAS THIS AND STATISTICS EVEN
MORE STAGGERING NOW.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS
FISCAL YEAR AGENTS
APPREHENDED MORE THAN 1800
MIGRANT IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
MOST CUBAN.
THAT’S NEARLY FOURL 70%
INCREASE FROM THE SAME TIME
THAT’S NEARLY FOURL 70% INCREASE FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD THE
THIS GROUP SAYS THEY MADE THE DANGEROUS JOURNEY ON THEIR OWN BUT AGENT ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR
SMUGGLERS.
SOMETIMES TAKING AN EXTRA LOOK
AT BOATS BEING TOWED SOUTH
BOUND ON THE OVER SEA HIGHWAY.
>>Reporter: STOPPING VESSEL
LIKE THIS IN BAD CONDITION
WITH EXTRA FUEL DROP.
>> NO KITCHEN OR ANYTHING
ELSE.
SMUGGLER WILL ADD EXTRA LUNG
TO GET GOOD TO OTHER ISLANDS.
SMUGGLER WILL ADD EXTRA LUNG
TO GET GOOD TO OTHER ISLANDS.
>>Reporter: WE SAW THIS TRUCK WITH JUST ONE WORKING HEAD LIGHT.
OPERATORS WHO NOT ONLY HAD A
HARD TIME PULLING THE BOAT.
BUT HARD TIME EXPLAINING WHO
OWNED IT.
WE SENT HER THIS.
OWNED IT.
WE SENT HER THIS.
STILL MUCH OF WHAT AGENT DO IS RESCUE WORKERS BEFORE WE LAIVRJED TO FIND THOSE MISSING
MIGRANT.
TRAINED EMT MADE SURE THE JET
SKI LOADED WITH WATER AND
SUPPLY.
>> TIP CHICAGO PADDLING
DEHYDRATION IS ALWAYS THE
CASE.
THEY WERE TAKEN ON TO MONROE
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFF APPLIED
FOR CREDIBLE FEAR CLAIM TO
MAKE THEIR CASE.
>> WE RESCUE THE MIGRANT FROM
HERE.
THEY WERE FORTUNATE TO EVEN
MAKE IT TO LAND HERE.
>>> TO SEE MORE OF HER
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS JUST SCAN THE
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NOW.