Fearing change in sweetheart deal, Cubans flock to US

The number of Cubans heading to the US has surged in the months since the historic thaw in bilateral relations – a swell experts attribute to uncertainty over the future of US policy that favors such travelers. According to the US Customs Department, 9,371 Cuban migrants came into the US between January and March, more than twice the number from the same period in 2014. As both countries prepare to solidify a breakthrough by opening embassies in each other's capitals for the first time in half a century, the influx stems from doubt over whether US policies giving preference to Cuban immigrants will change. Since 1966, America's Cuban Adjustment Act has offered any citizen of Cuba admission and permanent residence in the US after spending one year in the country, with no yearly quota on immigrants. In Cuba, "it is said that the first step they will take after the restoration of relations between the US and Cuba is to abolish the aid to Cubans" immigrating, said Orlando...