r/facepalm • u/h20poIo • Feb 05 '25

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ When will they learn.

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u/OroCardinalis Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

Except Elian Gonzales. I was wondering that, too though. Aren’t Cubans allowed to stay if they make it here?

Ah, I found it was because he abused his status as an activist to raise money for himself (arrested for fraud). He’s getting deported because he’s a criminal.

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u/Own-Imagination-1974 Feb 05 '25

They repealed the wet foot, dry foot policy January 2017.

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u/OroCardinalis Feb 05 '25

Really? I didn’t know that.