From: "Mark" 

Yes, I know, I was using the front tires as a metaphor for feet 



"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> If their foot touches dry land they stay. That's why they have to be
> intercepted at sea. They just have to make sure the land they touch counts
> as dry land. AFAIK the wet foot/dry foot policy only applies to Cubans
>
> Under the current "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy, Cubans who
reach U.S. soil
> are allowed to remain in the United States. Those stopped at sea are sent
> home.
>
> http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/1/11/113342.shtml
> MIAMI -- When 15 Cubans fleeing their homeland landed on an abandoned
> bridge in the Florida Keys, they inadvertently found themselves in an
> uncomfortable legal spotlight - one the Republican Party is sharing.
>
> The plight of the immigrants - deported Monday back to Cuba - has reopened
> the bitter debate over the government's immigration policy and angered
> South Florida's heavily Republican Cuban exile community.
>
> "This will have an effect of reducing the numbers of Cuban-American voters
> that would blindly follow a Republican candidate," Cuban American National
> Foundation President Pepe Hernandez said. "Cubans are going to realize
> that both parties come when they need us but tend to forget our pledges
> when they don't."
>
> The migrants were returned after the government concluded that the
> partially collapsed bridge they landed on - which no longer connects to
> any of the Keys - did not count as dry land.
>
> Under the current "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy, Cubans who
reach U.S. soil
> are allowed to remain in the United States. Those stopped at sea are sent
> home.
>
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>I remember that story well Rich! I thought at the time that such ingenuity
>>should've been rewarded with allowing the front tires to touch dry
>>ground --  still do. 
>>
>> As far as the water stations out in the desert, as soon as the first
>> Mexican sues that outfit providing them for not keeping them full as
>> expected, that project will dry up right quick.
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:449807c6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "Adam"  wrote in message
>>> news:4497bf4d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> ?? Why is that? We (in the EU) rescue illegal immigrants drifting in
>>>> boats all the time e.g. at the mo Italy & Spain have a
big problem with
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> I think it's called "humanitarianism" is meant
to be a sign of a
>>>> civilized society.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously we could spot them dying in their small boats
& just sail on
>>>> by but....
>>>
>>>
>>> Our Coast Guard does this type of rescue all the time with immigrants
>>> trying to paddle in. Actually one family from Cuba tried to make the
>>> crossing in a modified 1951 Chevy pickup in 2004. They were going about
>>> 8 mph with a propeller attached to the driveshaft and were using 55 gal
>>> drums as pontoons. The family after being intercepted by the coast guard
>>> were sent back to Cuba  and tried another crossing in a lime green 1959
>>> Buick.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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