Wet feet, dry feet policy
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wet-feet-dry-feet-policy-221-620076
title:
Wet feet, dry feet policy
text:
The wet feet, dry feet policy or wet foot, dry foot policy was the name given to a former interpretation of the 1995 revision of the application of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that essentially says that anyone who emigrated from Cuba and entered the United States would not be allowed to pursue residency a year later. Prior to 1995, the U.S. government allowed all Cubans who reached U.S. territorial waters to remain in the U.S. After talks with the Cuban government, the Clinton administratio
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
US policy on Cuban migrants between 1995 and 2017
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet,_dry_feet_policy
date created:
2005-06-03T20:00:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T16:14:36Z
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13
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