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Obama Ends Exemption for Cubans Who Arrive Without Visas (will send them back)
NY Times ^ | Jan. 12, 2017 | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and FRANCES ROBLES

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: castro; communism; cuba; obama
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To: GraceG

Cubans vote Republican...


21 posted on 01/13/2017 12:51:58 AM PST by GOPJ (ObamaCare Motto: "If You Like Your Doctor, Maybe You'll Like Your New Doctor" - Dave Barry)
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To: Innovative
Actually, this is good political news for the Republican Party, but it will be quickly reversed.

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.

22 posted on 01/13/2017 1:05:02 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Innovative

they don’t vote Democrat so they must be sent back!


23 posted on 01/13/2017 1:34:37 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: Innovative
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.”

Well, let's see how fast they empty the illegals out of California.

24 posted on 01/13/2017 2:09:26 AM PST by HarleyD
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To: Innovative

God will be taking care of the Castros soon enough.


25 posted on 01/13/2017 2:10:13 AM PST by marron
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To: Innovative

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.


26 posted on 01/13/2017 2:19:35 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: dp0622

More room for Muslims ...


27 posted on 01/13/2017 2:24:35 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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And Trump should emulate this interruption for all migrants.


28 posted on 01/13/2017 2:34:02 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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And let’s call it the Obama Blockade.


29 posted on 01/13/2017 2:34:52 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Vaden
I don’t. Not because I agree with Obama much. The truth is we don’t need new Cubans. While I admire and welcome the old-guard Cubans who fled Castro and know what communism was all about, there is no guarantee that new generations of Cubans share that same opinion. We should not expect anyone from a socialist state to completely abandon the ideology any more than we can expect anyone to abandon Islamism when they enter. It’s time to start severely restricting who comes here. Those who are hostile to our way of life should not be welcome.

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.

30 posted on 01/13/2017 2:43:15 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Innovative

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.


31 posted on 01/13/2017 2:45:57 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (If you think the party that freed the slaves are the racist ones, you probably are a liberal.)
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To: BunnySlippers

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!!!


32 posted on 01/13/2017 2:49:41 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Rastus

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


33 posted on 01/13/2017 3:37:29 AM PST by ground_fog ( My God this was from today!)
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To: Innovative

Good, now do the same thing for illegal immigrants from every other nation on earth and we are set.


34 posted on 01/13/2017 3:39:24 AM PST by LambSlave
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To: libh8er

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.


35 posted on 01/13/2017 3:46:00 AM PST by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: Innovative

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.


36 posted on 01/13/2017 4:46:37 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Innovative

Because they vote Republican?


37 posted on 01/13/2017 4:53:04 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: Innovative

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...


38 posted on 01/13/2017 4:54:04 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Innovative

Seven Days!!!!!!


39 posted on 01/13/2017 6:14:09 AM PST by ontap
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To: Innovative

They merely have to walk across the southern border instead.

Has Obama said anything about discontinuing the 65 Cuban refugee act?


40 posted on 01/13/2017 6:28:11 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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