Wet Foot Dry Foot Reaction
It seems the only folks disappointed with the end of the Clinton policy of allowing Cubans who make it to the United States to stay are those that may be caught up in the shuffle when the policy changed rather suddenly about a week ago.
According to reports there were thousands trying to beat what was thought to be the end of the policy, possibly as early as the first day after President Trump was sworn into office. Senator Rublio and many others in the Cuban Community have spoken out against the policy primarily because it seems to help rather than hurt the current Castro regime.
Others opposed the policy because it seemed to rather arbitrarily favor Cubans wanting to come to the United States over folks from other countries. The Cuban American National Foundation purchased a full page ad in the Miami Herald indicating the policy had many shortcomings.
The abrupt policy change by President Obama might have been to stop a Mariel type boatlift which could be risky for folks leaving Cuba in rickety boats or just a last minute change in policy to discourage even more folks trying to arrive via the southern border.
Practically speaking many Cubans will ask for political asylum as they reach the southern border. It is yet to be seen whether those pleas will be heard and approved routinely or some other standard will be applied.
And so it goes.
According to reports there were thousands trying to beat what was thought to be the end of the policy, possibly as early as the first day after President Trump was sworn into office. Senator Rublio and many others in the Cuban Community have spoken out against the policy primarily because it seems to help rather than hurt the current Castro regime.
Others opposed the policy because it seemed to rather arbitrarily favor Cubans wanting to come to the United States over folks from other countries. The Cuban American National Foundation purchased a full page ad in the Miami Herald indicating the policy had many shortcomings.
The abrupt policy change by President Obama might have been to stop a Mariel type boatlift which could be risky for folks leaving Cuba in rickety boats or just a last minute change in policy to discourage even more folks trying to arrive via the southern border.
Practically speaking many Cubans will ask for political asylum as they reach the southern border. It is yet to be seen whether those pleas will be heard and approved routinely or some other standard will be applied.
And so it goes.
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