Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 President Barack Obama has ended the longstanding policy that grants residency to Cubans who arrive in the US without visas. The 20-year-old policy allows Cuban migrants who reach US soil to become legal permanent residents after a year. In exchange, Havana has agreed to start accepting Cubans who are turned away or deported from the US. Many Cubans in the US say Washington is rewarding a regime which has failed to address human rights concerns. But President Obama is trying to continue the thawing of relations with Cuba in his final days of office. He said: "With this change we will continue to welcome Cubans as we welcome immigrants from other nations, consistent with our laws." Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38605338?client=safari Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,103 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 That is good. Smart move in his final days. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaTheExplorer 3,053 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Well they should give it to Venezuelans now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 So this is good because Cubans view the free residency after a year thing as an affront to them and we are trying to move towards a better relationship? Why would Havana (which is still Cuba?) be better for them? Thinking of this from an entirely humanitarian perspective. Obv, the idea that people can just flee their countries and get citizenship in ours with no downside (other than risking their lives ) is slightly problematic at least from a legal, enforcing standpoint. I need more information tbh 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 2 hours ago, GagaTheExplorer said: Well they should give it to Venezuelans now This is exactly why I am glad Obama did this. The suffering and deaths that are currently happening in Venezuela is horrible and yet only Cubans had this wet foot dry foot law. We don't give it to North Koreans. We don't give it to Syrians. It will be interesting to see if Trump reinstates this just because most Cubans vote Republican. Is he really goibg to cherry pick which countries have it worse. The Cubans can still apply for political asylum but it won't be a fast paced citizenship like it was in the past. The money spent on wet foot dry foot was crazy too. They were pretty much given an $800 check by the end of the week. Also this is the clearest example of unvetted open border policy and it's one Republicans like? "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babel 41,640 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 37 minutes ago, GagaTheExplorer said: Well they should give it to Venezuelans now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JevyDuty 2,961 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I think it's a good thing. Why should Cubans get preferential treatment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Turning Florida blue in the last days of his presidency Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altair 2,003 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 This is what we needed for the Democratic Party. Obama is literally the best president ever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinsey 313 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 lmao if Trump did this everyone would be shouting xenophobe I agree with the decision though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 27 minutes ago, Luc said: Turning Florida blue in the last days of his presidency How? All the Cubans I know hate him after this Cuban immigrants WANT preferential treatment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: How? All the Cubans I know hate him after this Cuban immigrants WANT preferential treatment. SMDH! Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 52 minutes ago, Larry Hill said: I think it's a good thing. Why should Cubans get preferential treatment? Exactly! Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 2 hours ago, JustLikeHoney said: This is exactly why I am glad Obama did this. The suffering and deaths that are currently happening in Venezuela is horrible and yet only Cubans had this wet foot dry foot law. We don't give it to North Koreans. We don't give it to Syrians. It will be interesting to see if Trump reinstates this just because most Cubans vote Republican. Is he really goibg to cherry pick which countries have it worse. The Cubans can still apply for political asylum but it won't be a fast paced citizenship like it was in the past. The money spent on wet foot dry foot was crazy too. They were pretty much given an $800 check by the end of the week. Also this is the clearest example of unvetted open boarder policy and it's one Republicans like? THIS ^^ x3 Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Morphine Prince said: How? All the Cubans I know hate him after this Cuban immigrants WANT preferential treatment. On the other hand, no R migrants coming in. I don't know how many Cubans there actually are in the US, though but I think it's smart politics from Obama's side. Either Trump shows he doesn't take the biggest reason he was voted in seriously (migration, white identity politics), or Republicans lose support from the Cuban community. This is a nice dilemma for Republicans, especially Trump. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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