Daily News Article - January 18, 2006
1. What is the wet-foot/dry-foot policy? What had the U.S. previously done about asylum seekers?
2. When and why was the wet-foot/dry-foot policy implemented?
3. What incident triggered a new demand to end the wet-foot/dry-foot policy? Explain the incident.
4. What is President Bush's response to demands for an end to the policy?
5. Who is Ramon Saul Sanchez? Why is he on a hunger strike? When will he end his hunger strike?
6. Though done for a noble cause, why might Mr. Sanchez's hunger strike not succeed in causing President Bush to meet with leaders of the Cuban-American community?