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A new wave of illegal immigrants from Cuba

MIAMI - After her 2-year-old was born, Damarys Reyes and her friend Manuel Cabrera talked often about leaving Havana for Miami on a boat. But it was only when an ailing Fidel Castro announced last year that he was "temporarily" ceding power to his younger brother Raul that they made their fateful decision.

Cuban refugee Emilia Vasquez Sevilla waits as officers take roll call while detainees sit inside a van outside the Longboat Key police station.
Cuban refugee Emilia Vasquez Sevilla waits as officers take roll call while detainees sit inside a van outside the Longboat Key police station.Read more