Posted on 01/12/2017 10:07:57 PM PST by Innovative
President Obama said Thursday that he was terminating the 22-year-old policy that has allowed Cubans who arrived on United States soil without visas to remain in the country and gain legal residency, an unexpected move long sought by the Cuban government.
“Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify for humanitarian relief will be subject to removal, consistent with U.S. law and enforcement priorities,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. “By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries.”
The move places a finishing touch on Mr. Obama’s efforts as president to end a half-century of hostility between the United States and Cuba and to establish normalized relations and diplomatic ties with a government American presidents have long sought to isolate and punish.
The action came through a new Department of Homeland Security regulation and a deal with the Cuban government, which Mr. Obama said had agreed to accept the return of its citizens.
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Cubans vote Republican...
The “First Wave” of Cubans who came in 1960 had mostly European ancestry. They were Cuba's professional class and business owners. They voted heavily for the GOP.
The “Second Wave” of Cubans that started coming in 1979 had mostly African, Caribbean, and Hispanic ancestry. They were mostly poor, and they vote heavily for the Democratic Party.
Most people do not understand that distinction.
The new policy will be reversed by Republicans, but it will only help the Democrats gain more future Socialist voters.
they don’t vote Democrat so they must be sent back!
Well, let's see how fast they empty the illegals out of California.
God will be taking care of the Castros soon enough.
They vote Republican, work hard, never blow anything up, and rarely if ever commit crimes or get shot by cops. In other words, not O’s kind of immigrants.
More room for Muslims ...
And Trump should emulate this interruption for all migrants.
And let’s call it the Obama Blockade.
I totally agree. A lot of FReepers still believe that all Cubans are wonderful conservatives. They are not. The polls show that almost half voted for Hillary in FL.
Punishing Cuban Americans for voting for Trump in FL, who most likely were very instrumental in having the state go red. That’ll teach ‘em.
I can’t take another four years of this guy!!!!
Thank God he’s gone in a week :)
IN a way, I was lucky. Spent most of his tenure recovering from head injury, as you know, so I missed all but a few years of it, for the most part :)
Feeling better and felling hopeful!!! For all of us!!!
Astute analysis but it just proves how out of touch the democrat are now. this strategy would work ten years ago when the media controlled the narrative. The media has now been exposed as lying hacks and no one believes them anymore
Good, now do the same thing for illegal immigrants from every other nation on earth and we are set.
So now there is one single country in the entire world whose citizens are not allowed to move here illegally?
Answer: PAYBACK for costing the democommunists the election. The Cubans in Florida were a huge part of the Trump win.
This is a deliberate gift to Castro! He wanted it, and bammy gave it to him.
Those Cubans know what communism is like, and are sensible, normal, conservative people.
Another FU from bammy, in his last week.
Because they vote Republican?
Obama only admits those “refugees” who are MUSLIM when fleeing the Muddled East. Christians are refused. 98% muslim acceptance points to the same bigoted policies as those voting for Obammy in some communisties...
Seven Days!!!!!!
They merely have to walk across the southern border instead.
Has Obama said anything about discontinuing the 65 Cuban refugee act?
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