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how come no one is talking about the "wet foot, dry foot" immigration policy?

we here in florida live mostly with this policy which states that if any cuban reaches us soil they are allowed citizenship. this is fair? why is it that castro's oppressed are given this? they don't have to file political or religious refuge? give me your views

Update:

this is for real! if a cuban touches us soil it is an automatic golden ticket. they get to stay! this is a immigration policy! its just the rest of american didn't know about we get cubans floating in on cars converted into boats the coast gaurd doesn't get them all.

Update 2:

as far little gonzalez goes his mother died at sea and his biological dad was alive in cuba.

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    I bet you if we weren't so strong and say Mexico or Cuba were regional powers, they'd deport us on the spot, right? But since we're the power, they come crying to us saying "don't be cruel, think about us". Double standard? Yes, definitely. The reason why we have many illegals is that we're too generous. But if we hasd illegals go to their backyards, I'd bet you they'd have fits!! We don't deport them maybe because we feel sorry about them.

  • 2 decades ago

    Cuban are automatically claimed as a political refugee if their feet touches dry land. The Coast Guard are doing a better job than the Border Patrol. The Cubans that do make it here are glad to become Americans. One difference between the Cubans and Mexicans is that the Cubans are separated from their homeland by the US embargo on Cuba. This means that they cannot go back and forth to their homeland at anytime. The Mexican problem is different. They can cross the border back into their homeland with ease. This doesn't force the Mexican to give up their old life and become an true American. Their loyalties are divided between Mexico and the United States. You need to read a book called "Mexifornia: A State of Becoming" by Victor Davis Hanson.

  • 2 decades ago

    It's because they are, as you say, Castro's oppressed. It's a way of finding the middle ground. We can't kill Castro, we can't let all of Cuba come in, but we're not going to send them back to a dictatorship either.

    I think it's "fair" for anyone who wants a better life to try and find one. It would be better to help those people then to question their right to be here.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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  • 2 decades ago

    They by d--n should be stopped as well!! If illegal immigrants are to be depported it should include them, too! It shouldn't make any difference how they got here. If it becomes a federal offense, Florida won't be able to over rule it.

  • 2 decades ago

    is that really true? Then why did Elian Gonzalez get shipped back to Cuba if that was the case?

  • 2 decades ago

    Anyone who enters this nation illegally should be deported immediately.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    They should all be sent back.

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