Cuba is seeing its biggest exodus to the U.S. in decades following a series of economic body blows that have worsened shortages and power blackouts.
Border officials have encountered nearly 178,000 people fleeing the communist-run Caribbean nation of 11 million so far this fiscal year, according to U.S. government data through July. Most are coming by land, after leaving the island for other Latin American nations that don’t require visas.
“The current wave of Cuban migrants has…