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Title
2017 "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" Policy Change Twitter Archive
Date(s)
- January 2017 (Creation)
Extent
9.1GB
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The 2017 "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" Policy Change Twitter Archive collection contains a dataset of tweets collected from Twitter microblogging platform when President Obama suspended the former interpretation of the 1995 revision of the application of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966. Beginning January 12, 2017, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify for humanitarian relief will be subject to removal, consistent with U.S. law and enforcement priorities.
During the announcement, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following phrases and hashtags: #Cuba, #Cubans, #CubanAdjustmentAct, #LeyDeAjusteCubano, #WetFootDryFoot, and #PieSecoPieMojado.
The tweets collected by the Cuban Heritage Collection for this data archive do not represent an exhaustive or complete record of all tweets relating to the targeted hashtags due to restrictions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is currently closed for research.
For specific questions, please contact chc@miami.edu.
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Preferred citation: 2017 "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" Policy Change Twitter Archive, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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This collection was acquired and collected by the University of Miami Libraries using the Python program, Twarc, developed by Ed Summers.
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Related archival materials
Selected websites have been archived by the University of Miami's Cuban Heritage Collection relating to the US-Cuba policy change announcements. They are accessible online: https://www.archive-it.org/collections/5161
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS).
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Archivist's note
Finding aid created by Juan A. Villanueva, May 2020. Updated by Amanda Moreno, November 2020. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, April 2022.