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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The amazing thing about this is that Obama actually facilitated the airlift of Cuban “refugees” many of whom were communist advisors and enforcers sent by Castro to Venezuela and Central American states and who lost their jobs when Venezuela’s economy collapsed.
FL’s democrat Sen. Bill Nelson is up for reelection in 2018. Hopefully the Cubans in that state remember this.
LOL!! Great point.
This must be brought up in the next election.
Oooh, haven’t thought of that angle!
A good move on the part of Obama for once. We do not need more third world immigration.
“Obama final gift to Castro: Stop slave doctors from seeking political asylum in the US”
http://www.therealcuba.com/?p=2347
“At the same time that he signed an agreement with the Cuban regime to end the “wet foot dry foot” policy, Obama also eliminated the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program, which allowed slave doctors forced by the Cuban regime to serve in foreign lands seek political asylum in the United States.”
This above, to me, is more clear cut and worse.
He wasn’t received as a hero because the majority of Cubans , due to 56 years worth of experience intuitively know which side Obama is on and whose interests he serves.He wasn’t there for THEM.
That’s maybe the only place I line up on Marco Rubio’s side.
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