The exileRamon Saul Sanchez attacked the senatorMarco Rubio for endangering theCuban Adjustment Law after questioning the citizens of the island who are welcomed as refugees in the United States and then travel to Cuba, a country from which they supposedly fled political persecution.
"Sooner or later, that type of attitude is going to cause all Cubans to be unable to see their families.", and until we are able to find a formula to liberate Cuba,We cannot destroy the Cuban family like the Cuban regime does.We leave that to them," Sánchez said instatements to journalist Javier Díaz forUnivision.
"I wonder how long Cubans will continue to be cornered. Yes, there are Cubans who commit all these outrages, who have no conscience, butWhen most Cubans go to their country it is because they need to see their families, bring them medicine or they need to tell them: 'you exist for us'"said the coordinator of the Democracy Movement, who pointed out that he respects Marco Rubio but does not agree with him in this section.
Ramón Saúl Sánchez recalled that once this type of campaign resulted in most of the aid being taken away from Cubans residing on the island, and he insisted that,After the most recent statements, what is being encouraged is for the US government to eliminate the Cuban Adjustment Act, something that the exile believes would be a gift for the regime in Havana.
"His statements are not timely and I respectfully ask the senator to evaluate the consequences of what he has said. He is Cuban, he represents the Cubans and just as we fight for other nationalities, we have to fight for our people." , he pointed out.
Sánchez, who has been in the United States for several decades, admitted that some Cubans who return "have no conscience" and "are taking advantage" of the situation, but insisted that the majority of those who return to the country do so out of love for their families. and for supporting them.
"Here in the city of Miami there are some criminals, but you do not take away the rights of all citizens because there are some criminals, go and look for those who violate the precept of political asylum and leave those who need to see their relatives," he concluded.
In recent daysMarco Rubio generated immense controversy after publicly questioning the situation of Cubans who are welcomed as refugees in the United States and then travel to Cuba, a country from which they supposedly fled political persecution.
His remarks, addressed to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, came on Nov. 8 during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Biden Administration's request for additional funds to quickly process migrants who enter the country illegally. country.
“If you are fleeing persecution, how can it be that a year later you are spending your summers in Cuba? How can it be that less than a year later you are traveling, say, six to eight times a year to Cuba? I have never heard of people fleeing persecution and returning to one place repeatedly. “There is a problem here, right?” Rubio questioned.
The senator listed the privileges of Cubans, including food stamps and Medicaid, privileges that others who enter the United States have to wait five years to receive.
"If after a year, depending on whether they have parole, [Cubans] can apply for a green card and then they can travel back to Cuba as many times as they want," criticized the Cuban-American politician in words that generated alarm among those mentioned. .
Rubio explained to Mayorkas the “privileges” that Cuban refugees enjoy and the practices they carry out protected by them, such as sending aid money to Cuba, or the possibility of staying up to three months in the country from which they supposedly fled. among others.
“Once you are here, it is assumed that you are here because you are a refugee fleeing persecution and you have a number of benefits at a minimum. “If a year later you are here as a refugee, but you return to Cuba six times, shouldn't you at least lose your refugee status?” Rubio asked the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Mayorkas promised Rubio that he would study the matter and offer a response based on the legal arguments surrounding the issue.
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