Dozens of Hurricane Dorian survivors attempting to leave the Bahamas were forced off a ferry boat heading to Florida due to confusion over visas. CNN’s RosaFlores takes a closer look at what happened.
Late Sunday, CNN affiliate WSVN reporter Brian Entin posted video from a Balearia ferry boat in which a person announced over a loudspeaker that anyone traveling to the United States without a visa must disembark. The ferry was set to travel from hurricane-ravaged Freeport, in the Bahamas, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when the announcement was made, Entin told CNN.His video shows families with children getting off the vessel.
— Brian Entin September 9, 2019 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke called the incident"the height of cruelty" and was one of a number of people who blamed the Trump administration's strict immigration policies.But Customs and Border Protection spokesman Michael Silva told WSVN that Balearia, the ferry operator, did not properly coordinate the evacuation efforts with the American Embassy, the Bahamian government and the US Agency for International Development.
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