On May 20. 1985. Cuba suspended the Mariel Agreement in reaction to our beginning broadcasts over Radio Marti. Since the breakdown of the agreement. a limited number of former political prisoners and their families have been processed by our immigration officials. and let out of Cuba and come to the United States. 115 prisoners and their families had been processed. and released as of last December. after long delays by INS in processing them for entry. 18 additional former political prisoners and their families were released as of March 25. and entered the United States as refugees. 59 others who have been processed by the INS have been refused exit visas by Castro. Currently. there are three major groups of Cubans who want to come to the United States. The first group consists of several hundred Plantados.
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