Posted on 02/19/2016 5:55:00 PM PST by Olog-hai
In the months after President Obama re-established diplomatic relations with Cuba, there's "certainly" been an "uptick" in the number of Cubans trying to make their way to the United States, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said on Thursday. [...]
... "I think that's tied to perhaps expectations around our policy changes but also greater freedom of movement for Cubans to travel from Cuba."
Rhodes said the Obama administration has no plans to change the longstanding "wet foot/dry foot" immigration policy, which says Cubans who reach U.S. soil qualify for legal permanent resident status and U.S. citizenship, while those who are apprehended at sea are sent back to Cuba. ...
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