A Miami federal judge has barred defense attorneys from using the government's "wet-foot, dry-foot" immigration policy as a defense in the criminal case against five men accused of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the United States to play for major league teams. The policy allows Cubans who immigrate illegally to the United States to stay in the country if they reach U.S. soil before being discovered. If they're intercepted at sea, they generally are returned to Cuba.
March 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A Miami federal judge has barred defense attorneys from using the government’s “wet-foot, dry-foot” immigration policy as a defense in the criminal case against five men accused of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the United States.
In a major blow to the defense Wednesday, Judge K. Michael Moore agreed with federal prosecutors that the wet-foot, dry-foot policy was irrelevant in the case and that it did not negate criminal activity.
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