Ace summarizes it in one sentence:
Because, you see, Cuba is no longer a human rights violator, after undertaking no reforms that Obama did not demand they undertake to get more American dollars.
Babalu has facts and reaction to the news.
At Drudge:
Here’s the Memeorandum roundup:
OBAMA MAKING CHANGES TO CUBAN IMMIGRATION POLICY — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday.
Discussion: BizPac Review, Associated Press, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, CBS Baltimore, The Daily Caller, Vox Popoli and The Geller Report
RELATED:
Alan Gomez / USA Today:Obama to end ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans
Discussion: Daily Wire, Mediaite, TheBlaze and Washington Free Beacon
The White House:Statement by the President on Cuban Immigration Policy
Discussion: New York Times and Business Insider
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:Obama ending special immigration status for migrants fleeing Cuba
Discussion: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez …, NPR, New York Magazine, Vox and Associated Press
President Bill Clinton created “wet foot, dry foot” policy in 1995 as a revision of a more liberal immigration policy that allowed Cubans caught at sea to come to the United States become legal residents in a year.
UPDATE
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Just when one thinks that O has exhausted outrage, he produces a new one. One. More. Week. (Plus two hours and fifty-five minutes. But who’s counting.)
I actually expected him to hand Gitmo to Raúl, but, yes.
Unfortunately, he still has time to hand over Gitmo. Perhaps 11 am next Friday? Shudder.
Lots of Miami Cubans voted for Trump, especially after Obama started helping his Marxist buddies in Cuba. This is just a swipe at them. Marxists always blindly support other Marxists, no matter how horrible they are.
I expect a lot of policies rescinded after the 20th. End of an Error