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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328
This is from a Washington Post article that I Googled:
"This is the informal named given to a 1995 agreement under which Cuban migrants seeking passage to the United States who are intercepted at sea ("wet feet") are sent back to Cuba or to a third country, while those who make it to U.S. soil ("dry feet") are allowed to remain in the United States. The policy, formally known as the U.S.-Cuba Immigration Accord, has been written into law as an amendment to the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act.
How does the Coast Guard enforce this policy?
The Coast Guard uses patrol boats, cutters and aircraft to patrol the seas and skies around southern Florida. Cubans intercepted at sea are interviewed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, which decides whether they have a well-founded fear of persecution and are thus eligible for asylum in a third country. If not, they are repatriated to Cuba."
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The article you cite is EIGHT years old, but it still is in effect.
This recent article from about a month ago has a nice discussion of the pros and cons of continuing this program based on our new policies...
"Recently, US President Barack Obama, and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, announced a new chapter of cooperation in US-Cuba relations. Is the “wet feet, dry feet” policy still relevant?
Jason Dzubow, author of the Asylumist, a thoughtful blog on asylum and refugee issues, thinks it’s time to end the policy."
Why the Cuba “wet feet, dry feet” policy should continue | Open Borders: The Case
Then follows Mr Dzubow's comments followed by the authors opinions.
Then this from the Miami Herald yesterday...
"Havana acknowledged Wednesday that only Congress could change U.S. immigration laws for Cubans, but contended that there could be leeway in how the laws are implemented.
Cuban officials have long said they have serious concerns about the Cuban Adjustment Act and the U.S. wet foot/dry foot policy, and they repeated those concerns at U.S.-Cuba immigration talks in Havana."
Read more here:
Havana: U.S. immigration policy for Cubans needs to change | The Miami Herald
Hoping our congress can address this issue along with a total immigration policy.