Have you ever heard of the Cuban Adjustment Act?

[Mika]

"I believe all of the Cubans trying to escape into the US are the real indicators of Castro's paradise."



Nope. You are regurgitating anti Castro propaganda.
It is an indicator of the special perks the US offers to Cubans only.

The US offers 20,000 legal immigration visas per year to Cubans. The US does the background search.

BUT, Cubans who make it here illegally are offered immigration perks like no other nationality by the US Cuban Adjustment Act and the supplementary "wet foot/ dry foot" policy.

IF Cubans make it to the US, NO MATTER HOW, they get to stay and enjoy all of the benefits of the Cuban Adjustment Act. For Cubans exclusively, it offers instant work visa, instant qualification for a green card, instant sec 8 housing with an upper income exemption, instant social security, instant welfare (with some additional perks just for ex-Cubans).

PLUS, they don't have to qualify for a legal visa background search for criminal records or mental illness diagnosis (required of everyone else who wants a US immigration visa).

There is nothing else that compares to this in US immigration policy.

People flock to the US from all over the Caribbean and Latin Americas -democracies-, risking their lives, and quite a lot die attempting, NONE are offered what Cuban immigrants are offered.

Cuban immigrants are the only type of Americans, hyphenated Americans, or resident aliens allowed by the US gov to visit Cuba. They are a special class of "super" citizen in the US that have immigration perks, tax & income exemptions, and (unlike the rest of us in the USA) they have their FULL travel rights.

Why would Cubans want to return to the evil island of the evil Dr Castro that they "escaped" from? I'll tell you why.. they are not "escaping" Cuba. They are coming to America for the same reason that almost all immigrants have come here - (perceived) opportunity - except that Cubans are offered a little more opportunity than any other immigrant (or American citizen).

[Judi Lynn]

1. There's no way rightwingers can explain away the C.A.A.

All of their charges seem so shallow, after all. When given the actual facts of Cuban immigration, only true rightwingnuts cling to hurling insults and trying to impugn the character and "patriotism" of Americans who want to see the end of the embargo.

Their total dodge is to start accusing folks of loving "Castro" and that's cheap and stupid.

How can someone be so confused he can believe someone can "flee" from Cuba, and turn right around and return for vacations, visits, fishing trips, etc., and still be living in deep fear of the Cuban government? Strange days, indeed.