Democrats See Cuba Travel Limits as a Campaign Issue in Florida From: nytimes.com
Tagged: Cuba, Cuban, FloridaPosted on: June 2nd, 2008
Cuban-Americans can visit the island of Cuba only once every three years, so because he spent 12 days there last October, he must wait, hoping and praying that his mother, who has cancer, lives until 2010.
“It doesn’t make any sense,” Mr. Garrote said. “If you have sick relatives, you should have a right to see them. That’s not political.”
Miami being Miami, however, the policy is political and always has been. President Bush tightened the travel rules just months before the 2004 election at the behest of Cuban-American hard-liners, and this year, Democrats are trying hard to exploit growing frustration with the law’s impact.”*
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Filed Under: Election 2008, Politics
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