Former CIA Director Says Cuba Crisis Could Become a New U.S. Migration Emergency
- Posted on May 16, 2026
- By International Business Times
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Former CIA Director Says Cuba Crisis Could Become a New U.S. Migration Emergency
Former CIA Director Robert Gates said Cuba's greatest national security risk to the United States is not an imminent military attack, but the possibility that the island's deepening crisis could produce another mass migration emergency like the 1980 Mariel boatlift.