Cubans still trying to reach US by sea despite rule change
Mar 20, 2017 - Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - Cubans are still making risky sea journeys to the U.S. despite the end of a policy that allowed them to stay if they made it to American soil.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it intercepted 65 Cubans trying to reach Florida or Puerto Rico since Jan. 12. That's when former President Barack Obama ended the so-called "wet foot, dry foot" policy as part of the normalization of relations with Cuba.
The change means Cubans are no longer generally granted the right to stay upon reach...
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