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Cuban migrants fly into Key West, Florida on motorized hang glider

Associated Press

KEY WEST, Fla. – Two Cuban migrants used a motorized hang glider to fly the approximately 90 miles from the communist island to Key West on Saturday, Florida officials said.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said the duo landed safely at Key West International Airport at about 10:30 a.m. and were turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Border Patrol officials in South Florida did not answer a phone call Saturday seeking comment.

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President Joe Biden walks along the border fence with Border Patrol agents on Jan. 8, 2023. The president visited El Paso to assess border enforcement operations and to see for himself how local leaders are coping with the mass migration of migrants from their home countries of Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

Overwhelmed by Cubans and other migrants arriving at the Mexican border and into Florida by boat, the Biden administration in early January implemented a policy change that makes them request a permit, or parole, online before arriving with the sponsorship of a relative or acquaintance in the U.S.

Those who arrive without doing that risk deportation.

Natalie Neysa Alund covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on Twitter @nataliealund.

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