{"id":10179,"date":"2015-09-16T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T21:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=10179"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:05:51","slug":"time-to-normalize-cuban-immigration-and-cut-the-magnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/09\/16\/time-to-normalize-cuban-immigration-and-cut-the-magnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to \u201cNormalize\u201d Cuban Immigration and Cut the Magnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dan<\/a>Took the short walk over to Fox News today to do an interview on U.S.\/Cuba immigration policy. It seems a bunch of Cuban illegal immigrants landed in Miami Beach<\/a> today to the cheers and applause of beachgoers everywhere.<\/p>\n

The question I had to field on camera was simple: \u201cDoes the Cuba \u2018wet foot\/dry foot<\/a>\u2019 policy encourage illegal migration from Cuba?\u201d<\/p>\n

As I prepare my answer, I\u2019m thinking to myself how can this be? I thought President Obama had just normalized relations with Cuba, didn\u2019t he? How can this Cold War relic of an immigration policy continue to assist a corrupt regime in Cuba to remain in power?<\/p>\n

Congress needs to step in and repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966<\/a>. This makes the \u201cwet foot\/dry foot\u201d policy possible \u2013 a policy that says if you\u2019re interdicted at sea, you go home, but if you make it to U.S. shores, you get to stay.<\/p>\n

This dual standard has been the product of nearly 60 years of absurdity<\/a>. It represents an attempt to claim that we want those fleeing the Castros to come here for freedom, but just not too many wanting freedom.<\/p>\n

Over time, the U.S. has either asked Cuba to restrain departure, and\/or we have had dual entry standards like \u201cwet foot\/dry foot.\u201d Since 1966, the backdrop has been the Cuban Adjustment Act that allows any Cuban who gets here to get a Green Card in one year.<\/p>\n

Policies<\/a> that encourage uncontrolled people flows usually undermine the receiving nation\u2019s foreign policy goals by propping up the folks causing the problems in the first place. Cuba stands as a monument to this sort of failed approach.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to treat Cubans no differently than those coming from any other nation. Time to repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act and stop the games<\/a>.