Cuban migration drops after end of 'wet foot, dry foot' policy

The officials are trying to travel on the sea on Wednesday, since the United States finished the policy of "wet feet, dry feet" in January and people entering the United States are asked for legitimate residence Said the number of Cuban immigrants has sharply declined.

Coast Guard Commander Paul Zukunft Adm. Paul Zukunft said the Coast Guard detained less than 100 immigrants on their oceanic trip after President Obama finished policies on 12th January.

This figure is considerably lower than the 10 thousand immigrants detained by the Coast Guard on the coast of Florida in 2016.

The policy of "wet legs, dry feet" was enacted in 1995, so that if Cubans go to the US coast they can escape from their country. Return

Zukunft said: "Because I am talking about self-disconnection, gunshot wounds caused by myself, very desperate measures, they evacuate to a US hospital and then take a step of drying and It will be released on parole in the US ". It is in danger. When we try to stop them they intercept when they are afraid of drowning. "

Officials said the decision to terminate this policy liberated the resources and ships of the Coast Guard to cope with the drug smuggling problem expanding in the high seas.

Although the United States knows 80% of the canal medicine shipment, Zukunft says "There are 580 events, we have at least one level of information, we have enough ship to track those drops Or I do not have enough airplanes. "

He added, "The new sources of funds can be shut down a little if they do not need to migrate too much in the high seas," he added.

But Zukuft warned that if the Trump regime promises to build a wall at the US - Mexico border during the presidential election it will increase the number of immigrants seeking to reach the United States through water.

"If you build a wall, a wall of land, that would make the ocean more attractive," he said. "If you can not cross the southwestern border, it will default to a sea boundary, we have not seen this change yet, but we pay close attention to this I will. "

In addition to ending the Ballsson crisis, the Clinton administration also implements major policy changes, such as intercepting Cuban scorpions, restraining them and returning them to their home country under the "wet foot, dry feet" policy did. This policy was enacted in 1995 in the second round of the US - Cuban immigration agreement, which allowed Cubans to intercept vessels and rafts for the first time without visas since 1959. In contrast, people who arrived in the United States were accepted immediately. This change in the official treatment of immigrants in Cuba shows an attempt to develop coherent immigration and refugee policy in the post-Cold War era - not completely successful. This is also an objection to the longstanding criticism that people in Cuba prefer people in Haiti boats.

A special policy called "wet feet, dry feet" permits you to legally stay in the United States after stepping into dry land, unless intercepted at the sea. After a year in America, these Cubans gained permanent residency rights. People intercepted were sent back to Cuba, where they were prosecuted and accused many people being tortured. Otherwise, Castro was a contradiction to his era. On the other hand, his Communist government established a more equal Cuban society by providing residents with free educational infrastructure, free medical care and free dwelling. He recalls his enthusiastic speech and will be remembered deeply by millions of Cubans who believe in the revolution, good or bad.

The US strategy is an appendix to the "wet foot, dry feet" policy enacted in the 1990s. According to the US State Department 's facts in 2009, according to "wet feet, dry feet", Cubans who arrived in the US land can stay in the US, but the medical parole release plan through the US embassy or consulate Offer citizenship. Film "You are a Cuban doctor and you meet some people at the American Embassy in Johannesburg, South Africa, when you tell him that you want to use the medical parole project, you are taken to the embassy and you are in Cuba Founder Alfox said the right of residential rights - citizenship and work, the foundation advocates normalizing the relationship between the United States and Cuba

When Obama abandoned the policy of "wet foot, dry feet" he also killed another program known to another American.