tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post1627826356387372768..comments2024-03-18T05:11:45.069-04:00Comments on Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Correcting Reuters on the Cuban Adjustment ActJohn Suarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333798474560217548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post-37018274215667760722015-02-04T12:18:30.237-05:002015-02-04T12:18:30.237-05:00Unlike everyone else in the hemisphere, Cubans do ...Unlike everyone else in the hemisphere, Cubans do not have a right to enter and exit their own country. The regime in Cuba is a totalitarian dictatorship and state sponsor of terrorism with a record of murdering their own nationals for just trying to leave the country. It is not a political question but a human rights question.John Suarezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333798474560217548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post-442728092236353562013-05-25T14:37:22.577-04:002013-05-25T14:37:22.577-04:002. An illegal captured anywhere trying to enter th...2. An illegal captured anywhere trying to enter the U.S. can be given expedited treatment which means they do not have access to courts but can be immediately deported. This law does not apply to Cubans; they are exempt from expedited removal by law. In cases where Haitians and Cubans have been captured together, Haitians have been deported while the Cuban has been paroled into the U.S.<br /><br />3. An illegal alien under orders of deportation must be held in jail until deported;except for Mariel boat people, this is not true of Cubans.<br /><br />4. There is often a claim that illegal aliens should adhere to a law that requires them to return to their country of origin, apply for admission and then wait their turn. Cubans do not have t return to their country of origin to apply for permanent residency. Even when the U.S. suspends temporarily the deportation of illegals, as was recently done for Haitians because of the earthquake, it was made clear by Hilary Clinton that the suspension was for 18 months, and illegal Haitians could not ask for permanent residency based on the suspension.<br /><br />5. Besides being eligible for medical and social services, the Cuban illegal is not penalized for being a public charge when applying for permanent residency; this is not true for others.<br /><br />6. But, one might proclaim, Cubans are coming here because of political oppression and must be treated differently. There are all kinds of arguments against this claim, but one stands out as a very salient rebuttal: the Cubans who come here, illegally or not, can and do return to Cuba for visits and other reasons once they get permanent residency or citizenship. In 2009, two hundred and ninety six thousand Cubans returned to the country. The further irony is that while a former illegal Cuban can go to Cuba if they have relatives living there, a natural born non-Cuban U.S. citizen cannot go. You would hardly return to a place voluntarily if you had been persecuted previously. Cubans Immigrate for economic reasons just as others doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com