Jorge Rivera: Foot Policy

jorge rivera: Others tried to enter on Jan. 12 and were given appointments for later that day, according to Metro News. The wet foot, dry foot policy sent back Cubans intercepted at sea but gave those who reached land an automatic path to legal residency. Jorge Rivera, an attorney for the immigrants, said some tried to enter the U.S. from Mexico through the port of entry in Laredo under the so-called wet foot, dry foot policy on Jan. 11 and were told to return the next day. On the afternoon of Jan. 12, President Barack Obama announced the end to the policy as a part of normalizing ties between the U.S. and Cuba. Rick Pauza, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said his agency can't comment on the administrative proceedings in any specific case but the matter has been brought to our attention, we are looking into it and will take appropriate action. We don't know if they were doing this on purpose and telling Cubans that came in the day before, in the days that led up to the change, to come on the day of the change because they already knew the Cuban immigrants weren't going to be issued permission to enter the U.S., said Rivera, who is based in Miami. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.