OBAMA ENDS VISA-FREE PATH FOR CUBANS WHO MAKE IT TO US SOIL

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama announced Thursday he is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident. The repeal of the "wet foot, dry foot" policy is effective immediately. The decision follows months of negotiations focused in part on getting Cuba to agree to take back people who had arrived in the U.S. -- More...