Republican lawmakers of Cuban descent sharply criticized President Obama's plans to loosen Cuban travel policy to allow students and church groups to go to the communist country, saying the changes will benefit the Castro regime while doing little for the average citizen.
"Loosening these regulations will not help foster a pro-democracy environment in Cuba," said U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "These changes will not aid in ushering in respect for human rights. And they certainly will not help the Cuban people free themselves from the tyranny that engulfs them."
"These changes undermine U.S. foreign policy and security objectives and will bring economic benefits to the Cuban regime," she added.
The administration announced Friday that students seeking academic credit and churches traveling for religious purposes will be able to go to Cuba. The plan will also let any American send as much as $500 every three months to Cuban citizens who are not part of the Castro administration and are not members of the Communist Party.
"I strongly oppose any new changes that weaken U.S. policy towards Cuba," Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said in a statement. "I was opposed to the changes that have already been made by this administration and I oppose these new changes."
"I believe that what does need to change are the Cuban regime's repressive policies towards the independent press and labor unions, it's imprisonment of political prisoners and constant harassments of citizens with dissenting views, and its refusal to allow free multi-party elections," he added. "It is unthinkable that the administration would enable the enrichment of a Cuban regime that routinely violates the basic human rights and dignity of its people."
"I am deeply disappointed by President Obama's decision today to extend an economic life line to the Castro regime," said Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey. "This gift to the Castro brothers will provide the regime with the additional resources it needs to sustain its failing economy, while ordinary Cubans continue to struggle under the weight of more than 50 years of economic and political oppression."
(IF ANYMORE CUBANS WILL VOTE FOR THIS PRESIDENT THEN THEY VOTE FOR TYRANNY AND THEY WOULD RATHER PREFER THIS TYPE OF TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT OVER FREEDOM AS THIS COUNTRY HAVE FREELY PROVIDED FOR THEM)
(IF ANYMORE CUBANS WILL VOTE FOR THIS PRESIDENT THEN THEY VOTE FOR TYRANNY AND THEY WOULD RATHER PREFER THIS TYPE OF TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT OVER FREEDOM AS THIS COUNTRY HAVE FREELY PROVIDED FOR THEM)
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