Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans reaching US soil

Barack Obama is ending a long-standing immigration policy that allows any Cuban who reaches US soil to stay and become a legal resident.

Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans reaching US soil

Barack Obama is ending a long-standing immigration policy that allows any Cuban who reaches US soil to stay and become a legal resident.

The US president's repeal of the "wet foot, dry foot" policy is effective immediately and follows months of negotiations focused in part on getting Cuba to agree to take back people who had arrived in the US.

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