Talk:Wet feet, dry feet policy

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[edit] Cuban Adjustment Act

The opening paragraph refers to "a consequence of the 1995 revision of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966". Was the Act itself revised ? Or just the way that it is applied ? -- Beardo 15:25, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

My understanding is that the Act wasn't changed, just its interpretation. Exactly how the agreement was codified (I assume it was), I don't know. MorrisGregorian 05:55, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dissident crackdown

Maybe I have missed something, but I don't see why the arrest of the dissidents is relevant here. -- Beardo 15:25, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh - it's gone ! -- Beardo 15:33, 17 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] People smuggling

I wonder if there should be some mention of the phenomenon of the lanchitas - those smuggling Cubans into the US for money. -- Beardo 15:33, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No less/no more than 20,000 immigrants?

"The United States agreed to admit no less than 20,000 immigrants from Cuba annually"

Elsewhere on internet I read conflicting reports on whether the U.S. is limiting immigration visas to maximum 20,000 per year since 1994, whether it is a target, or whether it is a minimum. How can this one point result in such different interpretations?! Which is right?

[edit] Haitian/Cuban contrast

This policy largely came to light in 2000 with the Elián González debacle, which was complicated by the nearly simultaneous repatriation of some 400 Haitians without asylum interviews to see if they qualified to stay. There should be some mention of this disparity in the article, as it was a major part of the argument over letting Elián stay vs. repatriating him; many people said that not only did the policy mean they were legally obligated to repatriate him, but that not doing so was doubly bad because they did repatriate the large group of Haitians arriving in extremely similar circumstances. I'm trying to research this for material to add a section to the article, but anyone's welcome to "beat me to it." Lawikitejana 21:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Potential plagarism

Look for plagarism from this CRS report: http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/permalink/meta-crs-9147:1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.135.30.198 (talk) 00:18, 5 November 2007 (UTC) yeahn so thats bad —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.186.94.220 (talk) 17:48, 5 April 2008 (UTC)