NATION : Stranded Family Gets U.S. Asylum
U.S. immigration officials have granted political asylum to a Cuban family from Florida that was stranded in Canada for nearly five months after a sightseeing trip, it was reported today.
The Buffalo News said Carlos Fajardo and his family will return to the United States on Tuesday.
The family has survived on charity in Niagara Falls and Ft. Erie, Ontario, while waiting for permission to reenter the United States. Their exile began Dec. 23 when, while on vacation, they traveled north to view snow and crossed into Canada. They were denied reentry because they could not prove U.S. citizenship.
Later, immigration officials determined that the family had a history of immigration fraud.
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