Cuban Children Stuck On Island
source: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/19/na-cuban-children-stuck-on-island/news-breaking/
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MIAMI - The children of more than a dozen Cuban doctors and medical professionals who defected from the communist island nation are not being allowed to travel to the United States even though they have visas, their parents said Tuesday.
The parents are all Cubans who worked in countries such as Venezuela and Belize as part of a Cuban government program. Most fled to the United States, but their children remained in Cuba.
A 2006 Homeland Security policy would allow them to bring spouses and children to the United States, but critics charge Cuba has made that difficult.
The parents spoke Tuesday at the Miami headquarters of The Cuban American National Foundation, a U.S. group known as CANF that represents Cubans in exile.
Foundation lawyers said they know of 18 cases involving more than 20 children who have been barred from leaving the island, but said there could be many more.
The parents are all Cubans who worked in countries such as Venezuela and Belize as part of a Cuban government program. Most fled to the United States, but their children remained in Cuba.
A 2006 Homeland Security policy would allow them to bring spouses and children to the United States, but critics charge Cuba has made that difficult.
The parents spoke Tuesday at the Miami headquarters of The Cuban American National Foundation, a U.S. group known as CANF that represents Cubans in exile.
Foundation lawyers said they know of 18 cases involving more than 20 children who have been barred from leaving the island, but said there could be many more.
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pokinsmot
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i wanna know who voted this down and why
- 3 years ago
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pokinsmot
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arcticspirit
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Yeah blackmail of the worst kind.
- 3 years ago
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arcticspirit
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idealist
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life on the islands sucks. and there forced to stay. tragic.
- 3 years ago
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idealist
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RCS
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This is similar to policies that communist governments in Eastern Europe had. It was wrong then; it's wrong now. These children should be allowed to join their parents.
- 3 years ago
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RCS
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arcticspirit
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This reminds me of when they made the boy that was in Florida go back to Cuba with his father. So many protested.
These children should be with their parents.
- 3 years ago
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arcticspirit
