Obama Administration Ending Wet Foot-Dry Foot Policy

[Mika]

Source: CBS, MIAMI

Obama Administration Ending ‘Wet Foot-Dry Foot’ Policy

The Obama Administration is ending the so-called “wet foot, dry foot” policy that granted residency to Cubans who arrived in the United States without visas.

That’s according to a senior administration official, who said the policy change was effective immediately.

The official said the U.S. and Cuba have spent several months negotiating the change, including an agreement from Cuba to allow those turned away from the U.S. to return.

The move comes about a week before President Barack Obama leaves office and is likely the last major change he will make to his overhaul of the U.S. relationship with Cuba.

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[Tatiana]

1. Good! They are not special.

They should have to go through the same process as families fleeing narco-violence in Central America and Mexico.

[Bill Hansun]

2. It's About Time

We'll see how this pans out in Florida.

[mitch96]

6. He just leveled off the playing field...

I can tell you he, in one swelled foop pissed of a whole bunch of Miami Cubans!! But made many Haitians,Mexicans,Nicaraguans,Salvadorans,Hondurans,Guatemalans and South Americans happy..
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[MADem]

3. One door closes, another opens.

Of course, Trump will probably unpick all that. Or try.

[Dopers_Greed]

4. Now, will Wet Foot/Dry Foot...

Be used to refer to the floors of hotel rooms that Trump has stayed in?

[Ligyron]

9. Bwahahaha!

Hey, at least I noticed.

Where's the love?

[humbled_opinion]

5. LOL

I just had a (Trumper) at work tell me: Obama did this to punish Cuban refugees because Cubans voted for Trump...Of course he can't wait till 1/20 when Trump will magically make everything right again.

[Bob Loblaw]

7. While Trump vows

return to wet foot wet foot policy.

[kimbutgar]

8. If thump reverses this it will piss off his base.

What a great way to put thump in a corner.

[christx30]

10. From what I've read, no.

Most of them love the wet foot policy as it weakens Cuba. And they figure that if someone is going to risk their lives going across the gulf to leave a leftist government, they are doing it for a reason, and are more likely going to vote republican. The conservatives that I have read are going to welcome trump's reversal, especially since it's a policy change Obama made.