This barbaric policy must be rescinded. I call upon all Cuban-Americans and their supporters to write letters, to make phone calls, to engage in acts of civil disobedience and demand that President Bush rescind this Godless policy. There are enough of us, with adequate resources to cause major disruptions in Miami, New York and Los Angeles. What are we waiting for? Do you care? ¡Ya no mas!
From the Sun-Sentinel:
The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 79 Cuban Migrants on Friday.
The migrants were taken to Bahia de Cabanas on board cutter Metompkin, arriving at about 10:50 a.m., according to the Coast Guard.
Among the 70 were 34 Cuban migrants rescued on Nov. 5 from a 27-foot boat discovered in six-foot seas about 65 nautical miles south of Key West. Thirty six others, were interdicted at sea on Nov. 4, nine nautical miles south of Marathon, and nine other Cuban migrants interdicted at sea on Nov. 6, 30 nautical miles south of Key West.
Two Cuban migrants associated with these incidents are awaiting transfer to officials at Guantanomo Bay, Cuba.
Under the so-called wet foot/dry foot policy, immigration officials can repatriate Cubans who the Coast Guard intercepts at sea if officials determine the Cubans do not have a credible fear of persecution if returned to the island. Cubans who make it to U.S. soil are generally allowed to stay.
The phrase "Credible fear of persecution" has to be a joke. Everybody is persecuted in Cuba, that's why it's the country that holds the suicide record in the world. One of the reasons people have to commit suicide is the fear of been persecuted, or paranoia, and dictatorships produce a lot of paranoia in the people who are subject to that kind of control!
Posted by: CB | 13 November 2005 at 07:35 AM