Obama will end the "wet foot, dry foot" policy towards Cubans.

The Obama administration will end the "wet foot, dry foot" policy, which allowed Cubans who came to the U.S. without visas to become permanent U.S. citizens, two senior U.S. officials told CNN on January 12.

The "wet foot, dry foot" policy, which existed for more than two decades, applied only to Cuban citizens. Other immigrants attempting to enter the United States without a visa were arrested or deported.

The U.S. Coast Guard throws a life vest to a Cuban migrant. (Photo: Miami Herald)

This decision appears to be the final move in Obama's historic negotiations with Cuba. In 2014, he normalized diplomatic relations with the Caribbean nation after half a century of "frozen" relations.

Havana has long argued that the "wet foot, dry foot" policy encourages Cuban citizens to risk their lives crossing the sea from Cuba to Florida (USA).

The number of Cuban migrants to the United States doubled between 2014 and 2015 as relations were re-established. Many of them used makeshift rafts to cross the Florida Strait into the U.S.

A senior Cuban official confirmed that the government.

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