{"id":69801,"date":"2017-01-13T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69801"},"modified":"2017-01-13T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:56:27","slug":"wet-foot-dry-foot-policy-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69801","title":{"rendered":"“Wet foot, dry foot” policy ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

For decades, the US had a policy for Cuban immigrants that allowed them to remain in the US if they were able to make it our shores. According to CNN<\/a>, that policy ended this week with the Obama Administration;<\/p>\n

“By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries,” Obama wrote in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n

“The United States, a land of immigrants, has been enriched by the contributions of Cuban-Americans for more than a century,” he continued. “Since I took office, we have put the Cuban-American community at the center of our policies. With this change we will continue to welcome Cubans as we welcome immigrants from other nations, consistent with our laws.”<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The US said Cuba had agreed as part of the announcement to accept migrants who were turned away from the United States back into the country.<\/p>\n

Havana has long argued the policy encourages Cubans to make the dangerous crossing from Cuba to Florida. Immigrants from other nations have argued the policy amounts to preferential treatment for one group.<\/p>\n

The decision was likely Obama’s last move in his historic dealings with Cuba. In 2014, he reopened ties to the island nation after a half-century of frozen diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n

“During my administration, we worked to improve the lives of the Cuban people — inside of Cuba — by providing them with greater access to resources, information and connectivity to the wider world,” Obama said. “Sustaining that approach is the best way to ensure that Cubans can enjoy prosperity, pursue reforms and determine their own destiny.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the same administration that encouraged millions of Central Americans to make the journey across our borders. The same political party that establishes “sanctuary cities” across the country to harbor those illegal immigrants. From what I understand, there are more Cubans in prison for political reasons today than there were before we “normalized” relations with them in 2014.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s a good idea,” said [Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont], long a proponent of thawing relations between the US and Cuba. “We were telling the rest of the world they were different, and I don’t think that was the right thing to do.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, Leahy smuggled sperm from a Cuban spy in a US prison to his wife in Cuba so they could conceive while the husband was in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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