Wet foot dry foot policy ends

[zico20]

Obama is doing everything in his power these last few days to legitimize the communist government in Cuba. Cubans will now be returned to Cuba if they make it to our shores. Obama does not seem to have a problem with Cubans being returned to be tortured and persecuted under that commie Castro. How many more concessions will Obama give in the last 8 days.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...-refugees.html

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by zico20

Obama is doing everything in his power these last few days to legitimize the communist government in Cuba. Cubans will now be returned to Cuba if they make it to our shores. Obama does not seem to have a problem with Cubans being returned to be tortured and persecuted under that commie Castro. How many more concessions will Obama give in the last 8 days.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...-refugees.html

Trump can just as easily undo Obama's idiocy by a mere stroke of the pen.

[MONEY]

Originally Posted by zico20

Cubans will now be returned to Cuba if they make it to our shores. Obama does not seem to have a problem with Cubans being returned to be tortured and persecuted under that commie Castro.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...-refugees.html

Cubans vote Republican, so the Democrat party has no use for them.

[barahona44]

Originally Posted by boxcar

Trump can just as easily undo Obama's idiocy by a mere stroke of the pen.

So more illegal immigrants can arrive?

[zico20]

The article states that Cuba gave no assurances to how the returnees will be treated. Damn, Obama is a complete moron. If the USA picks up someone from El Salvador we don't put them on the next plane back there. This policy better be the first thing Trump undoes next week.

[elysiantraveller]

Cuban illegal immigrants are okay...?

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by barahona44

So more illegal immigrants can arrive?

Excuse me! I know plenty of Cubans here in Swampland -- and none of them are here illegally. They, unlike, their cousins from Mexico and other environs of Central America, came here to seek political asylum. And once granted that, they took all the necessary steps required by law to reside here legally. For the most part, there is simply no real analogy between the politically oppressed people of a communist regime and other peoples of Hispanic heritage who are here merely seeking better economic opportunities. I know of no one from Mexico or Central America who is here because they sought political asylum. Not saying there aren't any such people -- but if there are, they're in a tiny minority.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by boxcar

Excuse me! I know plenty of Cubans here in Swampland -- and none of them are here illegally. They, unlike, their cousins from Mexico and other environs of Central America, came here to seek political asylum. And once granted that, they took all the necessary steps required by law to reside here legally. For the most part, there is simply no real analogy between the politically oppressed people of a communist regime and other peoples of Hispanic heritage who are here merely seeking better economic opportunities. I know of no one from Mexico or Central America who is here because they sought political asylum. Not saying there aren't any such people -- but if there are, they're in a tiny minority.

Google "wet foot" "dry foot" before you opine on the legality of what you just posted above please.

More inconsistencies.

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by elysiantraveller

Google "wet foot" "dry foot" before you opine on the legality of what you just posted above please.

More inconsistencies.

Maybe you should take your own advice and bone up on the policy.

The wet foot, dry foot policy is the name given to a consequence of the 1995 revision of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that essentially says that anyone who fled Cuba and entered the United States would be allowed to pursue residency a year later. After talks with the Cuban government, the Clinton administration came to an agreement with Cuba that it would stop admitting people intercepted in U.S. waters. Since then, in what has become known as the "Wet foot, Dry foot" policy, a Cuban caught on the waters between the two nations (with "wet feet") would summarily be sent home or to a third country. One who makes it to shore ("dry feet") gets a chance to remain in the United States, and later would qualify for expedited "legal permanent resident" status and eventually U.S. citizenship. In January 2017, the Obama administration announced the immediate end of the policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet,_dry_feet_policy

Nothing inconsistent here at all. In fact, any "dry foot" Cuban would get a chance to remain here on U.S. soil legally. Such immigrants fleeing the oppression of communism differ significantly from immigrants from Mexico and Central American countries who very often arrive here illegally and very often make no effort to change that illegal status after arriving.

Of course, I'm not surprised that Clinton struck a deal with the commies in Cuba since I don't believe he has ever met a commie he did not like.

[zico20]

Originally Posted by boxcar

Maybe you should take your own advice and bone up on the policy.

The wet foot, dry foot policy is the name given to a consequence of the 1995 revision of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that essentially says that anyone who fled Cuba and entered the United States would be allowed to pursue residency a year later. After talks with the Cuban government, the Clinton administration came to an agreement with Cuba that it would stop admitting people intercepted in U.S. waters. Since then, in what has become known as the "Wet foot, Dry foot" policy, a Cuban caught on the waters between the two nations (with "wet feet") would summarily be sent home or to a third country. One who makes it to shore ("dry feet") gets a chance to remain in the United States, and later would qualify for expedited "legal permanent resident" status and eventually U.S. citizenship. In January 2017, the Obama administration announced the immediate end of the policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet,_dry_feet_policy

Nothing inconsistent here at all. In fact, any "dry foot" Cuban would get a chance to remain here on U.S. soil legally. Such immigrants fleeing the oppression of communism differ significantly from immigrants from Mexico and Central American countries who very often arrive here illegally and very often make no effort to change that illegal status after arriving.

Of course, I'm not surprised that Clinton struck a deal with the commies in Cuba since I don't believe he has ever met a commie he did not like.

That is freaking hilarious!

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by zico20

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That is freaking hilarious!

But it's even sadder than funny. Remember his love affair with China during his reign?

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by boxcar

Maybe you should take your own advice and bone up on the policy.

The wet foot, dry foot policy is the name given to a consequence of the 1995 revision of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that essentially says that anyone who fled Cuba and entered the United States would be allowed to pursue residency a year later. After talks with the Cuban government, the Clinton administration came to an agreement with Cuba that it would stop admitting people intercepted in U.S. waters. Since then, in what has become known as the "Wet foot, Dry foot" policy, a Cuban caught on the waters between the two nations (with "wet feet") would summarily be sent home or to a third country. One who makes it to shore ("dry feet") gets a chance to remain in the United States, and later would qualify for expedited "legal permanent resident" status and eventually U.S. citizenship. In January 2017, the Obama administration announced the immediate end of the policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet,_dry_feet_policy

Nothing inconsistent here at all. In fact, any "dry foot" Cuban would get a chance to remain here on U.S. soil legally. Such immigrants fleeing the oppression of communism differ significantly from immigrants from Mexico and Central American countries who very often arrive here illegally and very often make no effort to change that illegal status after arriving.

Of course, I'm not surprised that Clinton struck a deal with the commies in Cuba since I don't believe he has ever met a commie he did not like.

Dry foot = Amnesty

Stevie Wonder can see the hypocrisy here.

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by elysiantraveller

Dry foot = Amnesty

Stevie Wonder can see the hypocrisy here.

I'm sure he could. His moral/spiritual sight is 20/20 compared to your total blindness. Dry Foot = political asylum.

You must be a huge Slick Willy-lover. He, too, never saw anything wrong with communism.

[classhandicapper]

The democrats finally found a group of oppressed and economically disadvantaged people that they don't want here - OBVIOUSLY - because they don't vote democrat and that's all they've cared about from the start.

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by classhandicapper

The democrats finally found a group of oppressed and economically disadvantaged people that they don't want here - OBVIOUSLY - because they don't vote democrat and that's all they've cared about from the start.

And the Dems are so deplorable (no pun intended) because once again, this policy with Cuba lets the Democrats pick winners and losers yet again...but this time on a most frivolous basis! If the politically oppressed Cuban gets stopped by the USCG out at sea, this somehow makes this person less desirable or less worthy for a real shot at U.S. residency than one who escaped observation by our sea patrols and made it to dry land. In the case of the former, that person is deprived of all chance to live a free life here; while in the case of the latter, he stands some chance.