Early on Tuesday, a group of nine Cubans landed on Mona Island, Puerto Rico and surrendered to Park Rangers after making an illegal entry into the a United States territory.
A Park Ranger from the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources called the Ramey Sector of the US Border Patrol in Aguadilla indicating that a group of nine individuals had arrived and identified themselves as Cuban nationals.
The Cubans sought application to remain in the U.S. under the Wet foot/Dry foot policy.
Air assets from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine transported Border Patrol Agents to Mona Island to perform an initial immigration inspection.
The Cubans were transported to the Ramey Border Patrol Station for further biometric processing by CBP and US Coast Guard aircraft.
Border Patrol Agents served each of the nine Cuban aliens a Notice to Appear (NTA) before an Immigration Judge for further immigration related proceedings.
