In order to deal with this immigration conflict, there needs to be a compromise. In order for both the Cuban immigrants to be happy, and for the U.S. government to keep its quota of its 20,000 immigrants by not repatriating those caught at sea. The Obama administration has already impacted immigration numbers of Cuban immigrants. As I stated before, recently there was a lift on travel restrictions and money transfers to Cuba. This means that now, Cubans already living in the U.S. can visit their family members in Cuba and send money (U.S. dollars) to them. This could possibly have positive effects and reduce the number of Cuban immigrants wanting to immigrate to the U.S. as a result of being able to see their families more frequently and also being able to get funds from family members who most probably have higher paying jobs. However, it is a possibility that this may backfire and create more immigration because Cubans will now see it as an opportunity to travel freely from the U.S. to Cuba and Vice Versa.
If this is the case, then the wet foot/ dry foot policy should come into action, but preferably under different circumstances. Yes, I do believe that if Cuban immigrants reach land they should be able to stay. However if found at Sea, I do not believe they should be sent back to Cuba; If the U.S. has not reached the quota of 20,000 visas per year than I believe they should be allowed to stay. If not, they should be sent to a country that will grant Cubans political asylum such as Spain or countries in South/ Central America. This however, should only occur if the U.S. has not reached its quota, because it would be preferable to Cubans as a result of already having established their culture within the United States.
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So your essentially saying that once 20,000 Cubans have been admitted into the U.S. any more found should be sent to another country. How would these other countries feel about this? Would Spain readily accept them or would we be hurting relations with another country? Also, the costs to send these Cubans to another country would be very high and these costs would not be favored by the American people.
ReplyDeleteNature Man, I understand what you are saying. There is a possibility that other countries might not willingly accept all the Cuban immigrants who are not given sanction in the U.S. However, for the most part developed countries have the want to end communism therefore having a more open relationship towards people who have suffered under the communism regime. Yes, This could possibly be expensive for the U.S. but I believe that it would be for the better because as a result of stepping in, the U.S could effectively weaken the Cuban communist regime.
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