Wet feet, dry feet policy
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The wet feet, dry feet policy or wet foot, dry foot policy is a 1995 interpretation, followed until 2017, of the United States Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966.
The stern of a Cuban "chug" (homemade boat used by refugees) on display at Fort Jefferson, Florida
Cuban thaw
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The Cuban thaw was a normalization of Cuba–United States relations from July 2015 to June 2017, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations. In March 2016, Barack Obama became the first
U.S. President Obama meets with Cuban leader Raúl Castro in Panama, 2015
Alan Gross en route to Andrews Air Force Base in the United States on December 17, 2014, aboard a U.S. government plane; Gross was released by the Cuban government in a prisoner swap.
The Flag of Cuba is raised during the official reopening of the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C., on 20 July 2015.
Delta Air Lines Flight 639, the airline's first flight to Cuba in 55 years, arriving at José Martí International Airport