President Donald Trump renewed this week the National Maritime Emergency on Cuba, under which the U.S. government exercises the right to regulate the anchoring and movement of vessels with respect to navigating in Cuban waters, according to a statement published by the White House.
Trump’s signature ensures that the rule is extended for another year, since it came into force in 1996 during the presidency of Bill Clinton.
This regulation was created to prevent massive migration to the United States, and also allows sanctioning the unauthorized entry of vessels subject to US jurisdiction in Cuban territorial waters.
“The policy that mass migration from Cuba would endanger the security of the United States, by disturbing or threatening the disruption of the international relations of the United States, remains valid,” president Trump reaffirmed.
“The unauthorized entry of ships subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within Cuban waters violates US maritime laws and is contrary to US policy,” he adds in the letter.
The measure, the document explains, seeks an “orderly, safe and legal” migration between Cuba and the US. It has been renovated by the White House since then.
The national emergency was declared on March 1, 1996, modified on February 26,
Although the Democrats oppose the wall and do everything possible to make war with President Trump when it comes to securing our borders, the Obama administration ended the regulation that allowed Cubans entering the United States without a visa to obtain permanent residence under the policy of ” dry foot, wet foot. ”
