U.S. Grants Asylum to Stranded Family
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From Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Cuban family stranded in Canada for five months in an immigration dispute learned Monday they have been granted political asylum and can head home to Florida.
Carlos Fajardo, his wife, Bermaida, and her two children crossed into Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Dec. 23, while on a Christmas vacation to see snow. They were denied permission to re-enter the United States because they lacked proof of citizenship.
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