What do you think of the Cuban wet foot/dry foot policy?

Question

If they make it to dry land, they can stay. If caught still at sea they are sent back. Should we really be determining immigration based on the luck of the immigrant? Shouldn't we process them in a more logical manner? Or at least look at the merits of each entry? I obviously think its bad policy. What if we catch the guy who's escaping Cuba with the keys to the missles and the crazy would-be lunatic makes it to dry land ? Is this just organizational laziness on our governments part?

I'm going to add in response to 1st answer....If not under our laws, then how are we justified in stopping their boat at sea. I would think they would be under our jurisdiction in our territorial water( i.e. the border doesnt start at the beach, but living here in the middle of desert with an ocean at least 4 hours away, i'm not sure of how far out we can go). Secondly, if on dry land, and here without permission of the US, wouldnt we be justified in deporting them like we do when we catch mexicans hopping over the fence?
Lastly, my question tonight was indeed prompted by todays news story, but it wasnt a pregnant woman who died. It was a woman, and another woman who is pregnant was injured,but she'll be okay.

My source of news was Associated Press...

Answer 1

im against this dry land, all immigrants no matter where they come from have a hard struggle to get here y should only the cubans be allowed to stay once they touch u.s. soil. okay they are in dictatorship, but other immigrant in othercountries suffer more in their countries, than the cubans with free health care and education. in my country for example if u have no money u dont get ur education or health care so all cubans need to shut up.

Answer 2

It has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with them being foreign nationals not yet under our laws when they are in the water. We do not have jurisdiction and since Castro opposes their emigration (unlike Fox) it would be an act of war for us to let them in then.

However today I am not too thrilled about the dead pregnant woman in the boat, so I'll leave this topic there.

What I'm seeing says 'pregnant woman'. http://www.kristv.com/global/story.asp?s=5127810

The reason they are treated differently is that they are persecuted in Cuba and they get asylum, per governmental decree.

Since their government has forbidden them to come and has demanded we return them, if found under 'his' jurisdiction (which includes his citizens on water) we send them back. If they have a toe on dry land we say 'ours not yours, they made it.'

I didn't make the rule but it is as much between our government and Cuba as anything.

Answer 3

If you blonde, blue eyed devils would pay attention in history class, you would not be answering this dumb A$$ question, first of all I am Cuban with an american citizenship, and 2nd there is an block against fidel castro(heshould be some of yas president)that was put in effect in the Kennedy presidential era, now this blockade started during the cuba missle crises, you know what Im not going to waste my time explaining $hit, fact of the matter you will continue to offend anybody that is not "blonde"or in your standard, wait a minute didnt Hitler do that, heres a website of cuba www.cubanet.org/CNews/y00/oct00/05e2.htm////// what I dont understand what are american doing in cuba? Since US has a block aginst cuba, meaning no american are allowed to go and not able to enter cuba from a third county? Are ya being bigots or trying to be purism////wel I dont care ya could go to hell and take fidel castro with ya///Bye My regards to Hitler, you son of a biatch,,,

Answer 4

i imagine moist foot/dry foot is between the worst recommendations in mankind. It encourages them to come back the following. do not get me began on all those Mariel's that Castro despatched. a collection of criminals and mentally insanse people dumped on the U. S.. I even might want to provide it to Castro, that turned right into a sensible bypass "in case you want them, the following, take them". He cleared each and each and every of the prisons and psychological establishments, not has to pay to maintain them, and he stuck it to his enemy. we would want to continually in simple terms use a shipment airplane and kick a number of those criminals out with parachutes.

Answer 5

The law is fine however I also believe US citizens should be able to purchase licenses for hunting them down in the ocean before making it to land.

Answer 6

Is it a bad policy, yes. But its not a product of lazy enforcement. Rather, its a result of bizarre laws and international norms.

Answer 7

It's stupid and never should have been started in the first place.

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