U.S. ends special immigration policy for Cubans
By Reuters
13 January 2017 |
12:23 pm
The Obama administration is repealing a measure granting automatic residency to virtually every Cuban who arrived in the United States, whether or not they had visas, ending a long-standing exception to U.S. immigration policy.
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