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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: Lane3 who wrote (5906)	5/21/2000 6:54:00 AM
From: Lane3	of 9127

I found something interesting in this morning's Herald about how Cuban refugees found at sea by the Coast Guard either get sent back or allowed to stay depending on the seriousness of their physical state at the time they are found. Here's an excerpt. miamiherald.com <<The survivors from the first group and the latest refugees do have something in common, however. While they would have been sent back to Cuba if they hadn't been found near death, now they get to stay in the United States. Because they were brought ashore for medical treatment, according to the Cuba-U.S. immigration accord of 1995 -- often called the ''wet foot/dry foot'' policy -- they get to stay. ''When they're what we call 'med-evaced,' or transported to a local area hospital, that would be the same thing as if they had reached shore, thereby making them eligible to apply for residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act,'' Immigration and Naturalization Service spokeswoman Maria Elena Garcia said.>>

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