BUSH PLANS SHIFT TO REUNITE CUBAN FAMILIES

And of course, he's going to reunite them HERE...not there. The majority of Cubans in Florida are staunch Republicans. Go figure.... It would be ok with me if many of them went back to Cuba to reunite with their families. But Bush will do all he can to keep that from happening!!! Wonder when they'll change the wet foot/dry foot law.

By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press
Posted August 8 2006, 12:37 PM EDT


WASHINGTON -- Bolstered by Fidel Castro's surprise handoff of power, the Bush administration is preparing to ease some immigration rules for Cubans who want to live in the United States, focusing largely on reuniting families now separated by politics and the sea.

The draft plans, still under debate, seek to discourage a mass migration from Cuba over choppy waters _ a journey that violates current immigration law and risks lives. But administration officials said they also hope the relaxed rules will prompt Cubans to push the Castro regime for official permission to head to the United States.

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