Under the new rules more travel will be permitted to the island and visa processing will speed-up.
Democratic Senator Bob Menendez has condemned the Biden administration's plans to ease tensions with Cuba
The loosening of sanctions will see a cap on family remittances - funds sent by migrants in the US to family members in Cuba - removed. Previously migrants were prevented from sending more than $1,000 every three months.But US officials emphasised that they will seek to ensure such payments don't reach "those who perpetrate human rights abuses" by using civilian "electronic payment processors".
After an easing of tensions under former President Barack Obama, Mr Trump announced a range of sanctions on the Cuban government in 2017. Cuba's foreign minister welcomed the announcement and said the easing of restrictions marked "a small step in the right direction". "Those who still believe that increasing travel will breed democracy in Cuba are simply in a state of denial. For decades, the world has been travelling to Cuba and nothing has changed," he added.
The island is experiencing perhaps its most acute exodus since the Cold War, with many travelling to Nicaragua and then up via Central America to the US border with Mexico.
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