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AP: Obama ends ‘wet foot/dry foot’ immigration policy for Cubans

By Alicia Caldwell and Julie Pace

Alicia Caldwell and Julie Pace, reporters, Washington, D.C., for breaking the news 90 minutes ahead of the White House announcement that the Obama administration was ending the longstanding immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay. http://apne.ws/2jAKlsz

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By The Associated Press

JAN. 20, 2017

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