"This law provides Cuban migrants with an advantage that migrants of other nationalities do not have," reads
"The Cold War has ended, the United States has recognized the Cuban government, and both countries now maintain diplomatic relations."
Officially known as the Cuban Adjustment Act, the law was passed in 1966 and gave Cubans special preference in immigration. A 1995 revision gave way to the "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy. Essentially, if a Cuban is caught on
The future of the policy has been in question due to reopened diplomatic relations between the two nations.
Artiles' position interestingly falls right in line with that of the Cuban government. Cuba has reportedly asked America to end the policy. Cuba has claimed that the policy will "hinder the normalization of immigration relations."
Presidential candidate Marco Rubio has also called the policy "hard to justify" and has signaled if elected he'd make changes to it but hasn't explained how.
"When you have people who are coming and a year and a day later are traveling back to Cuba 15 times a year, 12 times, 10 times, eight times, that doesn't look like someone who is fleeing oppression," Rubio told the Associated Press earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says that Cubans who arrive in America under the policy should not be allowed back to visit Cuba. Cubans can migrate to America through other means, including a visa lottery system.
Artiles is himself the son of Cuban refugees.