"As children don't start off on an equal footing, policy-makers need to move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach to tailor policies and programmes that help close the inequality gap".
Cuba blames Washington's "wet foot, dry foot policy" for encouraging migrants to risk their lives.
There is a 'no shoes' (on the feet) policy and the kitchen is unused.
The United States' wet feet-dry feet policy requires that only those who reach land -- dry feet -- can stay.
Under the "wet foot, dry foot" policy, Cubans who arrive on American soil can stay in the United States.
In particular, the letter urges Mr. Bush to revise the "wet foot, dry foot" policy that President Bill Clinton negotiated with Fidel Castro in 1994.
Those patrols were increased after the 1994 exodus, which led the Clinton administration to adopt the "wet foot, dry foot" policy.
Although the administration has hinted that it will announce changes in its Cuba policy soon, Professor Fernandez predicted that at most it would tinker around the edges of the wet foot, dry foot policy.
By comparison, the Coast Guard intercepted just 2,861 Cubans crossing the Florida Straits in fiscal 2007, and 4,825 others eluded American authorities, reached United States soil and, under the "wet foot, dry foot" policy, applied for residency, according to the Coast Guard.
Cubans interdicted at sea are most often returned, while those who make it onto dry land -- the so-called wet foot, dry foot policy -- are still most often granted asylum.
