We the people, petition the Obama administration to end the decades-long policy of allowing Cubans who make it onto U.S. soil to stay here.
The practice, which stems from the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act and is informally known as the “wet-foot-dry-foot” policy, allows Cubans who make it to the United States to remain her legally.
They can obtain permanent U.S. residency after a year and a day.
Now that Cuba and the U.S. are re-establishing diplomatic relations and embassies have reopened in Havana and Washington, D.C., it’s now time to repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act.
If we are treating Cuba like virtually every other nation on earth in terms of trade, cultural exchanges and diplomacy, then we should also treat Cuban citizens like everyone else when it comes to immigration to the U.S.