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6. Sure he followed the rules

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 12:42 PM

Jun 2013

he got a proper visa to travel to the USA; he had to bribe a CUBAN official to do it, but he obtained a student visa at the US Consulate in Havana without bribery (according to what I can find out anyway): http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/06/20/193585553/how-ted-cruzs-father-shaped-his-views-on-immigration

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Cruz's Father Bribed Official to Enter the United States [View all] babylonsister Jun 2013 OP

I think the point is that Cruz's dad didn't 'follow the rules' babylonsister Jun 2013 #4

Sure he followed the rules Spider Jerusalem Jun 2013 #6

What US rules did he violate by escaping from Cuba via a bribe? kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #10

I hate Cruz as much as anybody, but the headline is INCORRECT. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #2

Bad misleading headline. former9thward Jun 2013 #3

He paid a bribe to leave Cuba, not to enter the USA. nt hack89 Jun 2013 #5

The US gave asylum to Cubans treestar Jun 2013 #7

He fled Batista: he was actually a communist revolutionary with Castro! alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #9

I don't think this one is going to make it. hughee99 Jun 2013 #8