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Obama Ends Visa-free Path For Cubans Who Make It To Us Soil

... to coordinate efforts to fight human trafficking. Obama said the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program, which was started by President George W. Bush in 2006, is also being rescinded. The measure allowed Cuban doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to seek parole in the U. S. while on assignments abroad. The president said those doctors can still apply for asylum at U. S. embassies around the world. "By providing preferential treatment to Cuban medical personnel, the medical parole program. risks harming the Cuban people," Obama said. People already in the United States and in the pipeline under both "wet foot, dry foot" and the medical parole program will be able to continue the process toward getting legal status. Reaction to the announcement in Havana was muted Thursday afternoon. "This was bound to happen at some point," said taxi driver Guillermo Britos, 35. "It could impose a more normal dynamic on emigration, so that not so many people die at sea, but it could also take an escape valve away from the government, which was getting ...

Obama Beendet Ausnahmeregelung Für Flüchtlinge Aus Kuba

... aus Kuba genauso wie Migranten aus anderen Ländern.". Nach der sogenannten Wet-foot-dry-foot-Regelung durften Bootsflüchtlinge, die trockenen Fußes US-Territorium betraten, in den Vereinigten Staaten bleiben. Zudem wurde ihnen der Weg zur Staatsbürgerschaft erleichtert. Wurden die ohne Visum einreisenden Migranten hingegen auf dem Wasser aufgegriffen, wurden sie von den US-Behörden nach Kuba oder in Drittländer geschickt. Die Rücknahme der Regelung wurde überraschend verkündet, um zu verhindern, dass Tausende Kubaner die gefährliche Reise von der Insel nach Florida auf sich nehmen würden, um vor einer möglichen Frist die USA zu erreichen. Vorangegangen waren monatelange Verhandlungen, in denen Kuba zustimmte, seine von den USA ausgewiesenen Bürger wieder aufzunehmen. Im Laufe des Tages soll es dazu noch eine gemeinsame Mitteilung beider Länder geben. Laut dem US-Ministerium für Innere Sicherheit hätten seit Oktober 2012 mehr als ...

These Were The Last Cubans To Enter The U.s. As Wet Foot, Dry Foot Policy Ended

... and I were the last Cubans to be let in,” said Marcos, pulling his son, Kevin, toward him. “I’m very emotional right now. I came here for him. So he could have a better future. I’m relieved that we made it, but sad for the others waiting on the bridge.”. But one more would make it. José Antonio Batista Silva, 35, a computer teacher from Puerto Padre, was let in because he’d submitted his paperwork before the decision was final. He made it into the U. S. at 7 p.m. and was planning to catch a ride to Kansas City. “Thank God I was able to get in,” he said. “I was the last one.”. President Barack Obama announced Thursday afternoon that he was ending the so-called “wet foot, dry foot” policy that allowed Cubans to remain in the United States simply by touching American soil. The decision was effective immediately. The decision was felt especially hard in this city on the border with Mexico, where dozens of Cubans have been ...

Presstv-obama Ends Visa-free Residency For Cubans

... on March 21, 2016. (Photo by AFP). US President Barack Obama has ended a longstanding immigration policy that extends automatic residency to Cubans arriving in the country without visas. The “wet foot, dry foot” policy was “designed for a different era,” Obama announced in a statement on Thursday. The 20-year-old policy allowed any Cuban migrant who makes it to the US to become legal permanent resident after a year. "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 US law and enforcement priorities," Obama said in his statement. “By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries,” the president added. The policy shift came with only days left in Obama’s presidency and after he had worked for years to normalize relations with Cuba. However, the improved ties also prompted a surge of immigration from the island, with many hoping to become legal US residents under the unique “wet foot, dry foot” policy. Cuban migrants, who reached Panama in September 2016 ...

Lighthouse Cuban Rafters In Legal Limbo After Six Months At Guantánamo Navy Base

... extend to the American Shoal Lighthouse 6.5 nautical miles off Sugarloaf Key, the Cuban rafters were later given safe haven at the base while their cases remain under evaluation. “We are very grateful for all the help they have given us, but we do not understand why we are not allowed to talk to lawyers or work,” the Cuban migrant said. Initially, a total of 20 migrants were transported to the base, but three of them returned to Cuban soil — two of them returned voluntarily and a third was repatriated after authorities discovered that he once worked for the government’s Ministry of the Interior. “We are forbidden to speak to the press about our situation,” said the rafter, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation by the authorities at the base. Of the group of 17 men who remain ...

Obama Scrapping ‘wet Foot, Dry Foot’ Policy For Cubans

... in their capitals in 2015. Obama visited Havana last March. Officials from both nations met Thursday in Washington to coordinate efforts to fight human trafficking. Obama said the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program, which was started by President George W. Bush in 2006, is also being rescinded. The measure allowed Cuban doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to seek parole in the U. S. while on assignments abroad. The president said those doctors can still apply for asylum at U. S. embassies around the world. ‘By providing preferential treatment to Cuban medical personnel, the medical parole program. risks harming the Cuban people,’ Obama said. People already in the United States and in the pipeline under both ‘wet foot, dry foot’ and the medical parole program will be able to continue the process toward getting legal status. Reaction to the announcement in Havana was muted Thursday afternoon. ‘This was bound to happen at some point,’ said taxi driver Guillermo Britos, 35. ‘It could impose a more normal dynamic on ...

Havana Hails End Of 'wet Foot, Dry Foot' Policy

... "This was bound to happen at some point," said Havana taxi driver Guillermo Britos, 35. "It could impose a more normal dynamic on emigration, so that not so many people die at sea, but it could also take an escape valve away from the government, which was getting hard currency from the emigrants.". President Bill Clinton created the "wet foot, dry foot" policy in 1995 as a revision of a more liberal immigration policy that allowed Cubans caught at sea to come to the United States become legal residents in a year. The two governments have been negotiating an end to "wet foot, dry foot" for months and finalized an agreement Thursday. "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," Obama said in a statement. "By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries. The Cuban government has agreed to accept ...