Obama Ends Preferential Treatment for Cuban Immigrants Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A poster features portraits of Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama and reads in Spanish "Welcome to Cuba" outside a restaurant in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, March 17, 2016 ( Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press ) Produced by PRI and WNYC