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President Donald Trump is mulling a reversal ofCuba policies enacted by former president Barack Obama that soften the U.S. stance towards the country, including the rescinding of the wet foot, dry foot immigration policy.

According to two sources quoted by the Daily Caller, the Republican has been intending to roll back the Cuba policies signed by Obama in January for some time, and is likely to take a tougher line on Cuba.

The Trump Administration has been ready since February 2017 to announce changes, but issues unrelated to Cuba have intervened, John Kavulich, from the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, told the Daily Caller.

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Kavulich told the publication he believes the president will look at an increased enforcement relating to travel, and a focus upon discouraging transactions with entities controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) of the Republic of Cuba.

The intention by Trump to reinstate more stringent polices in regards to Cuba is reportedly backed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers including former presidential hopefuland Florida senator Marco Rubio, along with Democrat Bob Menendez, and Republican representative Mario Diaz-Balart, also from Florida, who criticized Obamas decision to rescind the wet foot, dry foot policy just before leaving office.

At times, Cuban President Ral Castro appeared defensive and even flustered when questioned by American reporters in Havana. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Back in January, Obama announced that an end to a policy that gave Cubans who reached the U.S. preferential treatment on immigration, also stating there would be an increase in cooperation with Cuba following an agreement on a number of issues including terrorism and human trafficking.

"Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify for humanitarian relief will be subject to removal," Obama said in January. "By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries."

But his decision prompted ire from a number of Republicans including Diaz-Balart.

Speaking at the time of Obamas decision, Diaz-Balart said: With just eight days left in his administration, President Obama has found one more way to frustrate the democratic aspirations of the Cuban people and provide yet another shameful concession to the Castro regime.

He is now hoping to see Trump reverse such policies, and appears to be confident the president will do so, telling the Daily Caller he was1,000 percent sure the president is going to deliver on his commitment.

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Anyone missing the delightful bromance between former president Barack Obama and his VP Joe Biden will be delighted to know the Democrat has found a new best friend.

Pictures of Obama in the U.K. visiting Prince Harry clearly show the Democrat is continuing a brand new bromanceand the Internet couldnt be happier.

The pair were pictured at Kensington Palace, which said in a statement on Twitter that they had discussed: support for veterans, mental health, conservation, empowering young people and the work of their respective foundations, adding Obama had also offered his condolences to the victims of the Manchester attack and support for those recovering from injuries.

Obamas visit to the U.K. came less than a week after a suicide bomb attack at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena left 22 people dead and more than 50 others injured.

Following the meeting between the pair, Obama tweeted: Good to see my friend Prince Harry in London to discuss the work of our foundations & offer condolences to victims of the Manchester attack.

It is not the first time the two men have been pictured together, with the Obamas meeting Harry when he joined his elder brother William and his wife Kateat a dinner they hosted for the then-president and first lady in 2016.

Both known for their jovial sense of humor, Obama and Prince Harry were also the focus of rival videos during the lead-up to The Invictus Games.

The Obamas sent Prince Harry a video throwing down the gauntlet and promising the U.S. would win the games, an international Paralympics-style event organized by Harry.

Harrys responsewhich went viral following an entertaining cameo from his grandmother, The Queensolidified the bond between the two men.

And seeing the pair reunite once again at Kensington Palace prompted a number of shares on social media and reignited excitement about a new Obama bromance.

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Under the EB-4 visa, illegal alien juveniles living in the U.S. can become classified as Special Immigrant Juveniles and petition to receive legal status under the visa program.

Subsequently, the program has become a backdoor amnesty, where migrants under the age of 21 can file for the special legal status so long as they claim their parents have either abused, abandoned, or neglected them.

About 99 percent of these youngsters are in the nation illegally, but as juvenile court dependents they will get full green card status once approved, Center for Immigration Studies Fellow David North wrote about the issue in 2016. They have to show that they are wards of the juvenile court system and have been abused or neglected by their parents, who, in almost all cases, are also illegal aliens.

Every year, 10,000 foreign nationals can receive the EB-4 visa, which also includes religious workers, plus Afghan and Iraqi Translators who help the U.S. military and armed forces members.

In his last year in office, President Obama almost doubled the number of juveniles given the Special Immigrant Juvenile status, approving 15,101 for the visa, thus creating a backlog. There were 8,700 who were approved in 2015.

That starts to crowd out other people in that category, North said, referring to the religious workers and foreign translators who will be pushed into a backlog now because of the overabundance of applications that were approved for the juvenile group.

North told Breitbart Texas that the Obama Administration turned the program into a quiet amnesty.

As North explained, the Obama administration expanded the definition of juvenile, which ended up filling the system with applications for legal status. Petitions between 2014 and 2015 ballooned from almost 5,800 applicants to 11,500 applicants.

The word got out, North said.

In the last full three months of his presidency, Obama continued to expand the program, approving more than 4,400 who will now be placed into a backlog and can later receive permanent legal status in the U.S.

It remains unclear whether President Trumps administration will continue the expansion.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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