President Obama’s repeal of the Clinton-era “Wet foot/dry foot” immigration policy for Cubans could be a good thing after all.

Did I just say that?

For those of us who have studied the policy and the Cuban Adjustment Act closely, it was only a matter of time before a change needed to be made.

The Cuban regime has long taken advantage the of the Act, sending nationals to the US to milk the system, and then either send the money back via remittance, or travel back to Cuba with cash in hand.

Wait, if Cuban nationals fled the oppressive Castro regime, why would they want to, or be allowed to travel back to Cuba in the first place?

Food for thought.

This scheme was smelled out long ago by members of the Miami congressional delegation, including US Senator Marco Rubio, who recently addressed Obama’s Cuban refugee policy change.

“Wet foot/dry foot — and the Cuban Adjustment Act in general — was in danger…Obama’s reestablishing of diplomatic relations with Cuba undermined “the very essence and the purpose of the law, its justification.”

“There’s been well-documented abuses of the program,” added the Florida Republican, who had filed legislation to tighten federal benefits for recent Cuban arrivals. “In my view, the Cuban Adjustment Act was going to be changed one way or another.”-Sen. Marco Rubio (R), Miami Herald

About two years ago and then again in 2016, Rubio told the Shark Tank that the Cuban Adjustment Act’s days were numbered, and that reform was needed to keep the Cuban government from reaping the benefits from the US taxpayer dollars that were being sent back to the island from supposed “political exiles.”