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posted by on Wednesday January 25 2017, @08:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the trump-proof dept.

The World Socialist Web Site reports

Under the previous policy, Cubans who made it to dry land in US territory were permitted to enter the country and take advantage of the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act, which allowed Cubans to claim permanent US residency after one year in the country. Cubans who were interdicted at sea by the US Coast Guard, on the other hand, were returned to Cuba.

[...] On January 12, President Barack Obama announced that, effective immediately, the US government would end the so-called "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy, as well as the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program. In a joint statement detailing the changes in migration policy, the Cuban government agreed to accept Cuban nationals deported or returned by the US.

Through these programs, Cubans were extended preferential immigration status and a continued incentive to leave the country, which contributed to a "brain drain" of trained professionals and provided Washington and right-wing Cuban exiles the fodder for propaganda about state repression in Cuba fueling a constant stream of refugees.

Cuba has an abundance of well-trained medical personnel. Economist Dean Baker has pointed out that allowing the American Medical Association to construct artificial barriers to expanding USA's medical labor force is dumb and makes healthcare more expensive.

Also at The New York Times and Fox News.


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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday January 25 2017, @10:41PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday January 25 2017, @10:41PM (#458694)

    Over the last half century only 1000 Cuban Dr have defected to the USA which is a drop in the bucket for us but does make us look like total dirtbags to the 3rd world, it doesn't help us much but it makes sure Algerians don't get medical care at all, for example.

    The problem I see with this statement is that it seems to imply that Cuban doctors shouldn't have any freedom to choose where they want to go, and that because Algeria "needs" doctors (they can't train their own?) that Cuban doctors are somehow obligated to go live there and practice. What if they don't want to? Cuban doctors (even if there aren't that many of them) aren't defecting to the US because the US demands it, they're doing it because they want to. Maybe it's not the best choice for them, in light of your statements about their very different training not being useful to the US medical system, but it is their choice to make. I know I, for one, have zero interest in living in Algeria.

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