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Mika

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13. I think that Cubans should be treated like all other immigration applicants.

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 06:52 PM

Jan 2016

They got out of Cuba. Good for them. Now, from their current location, they should apply for a US immigration visa like everyone else.
They supposedly "fled" Cuba using the premise of unequal treatment by the gov't. Now is the time for them to be treated equally like everyone else. That's what they wanted when the "fled" Cuba. No?

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8000 "stranded" Cubans coming to Miami! Miami schools request emergency $$ for influx. More coming. [View all] Mika Jan 2016 OP

Sorry Florida, no socialism for you. It's bootstraps time. onecaliberal Jan 2016 #1

Cuba should pay. they need to take care of their own citizens nt Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #2

Why. The US offers Cubans better socialism... at our invitation. Mika Jan 2016 #4

Cuba should up its game so people don't want to leave at all Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #7

They should be accepted. Glad they are coming yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #3

I have no problem with normal immigration. This is, in no way, normal immigration. Mika Jan 2016 #5

Maybe but what would you rather do with them? yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #6

I think that Cubans should be treated like all other immigration applicants. Mika Jan 2016 #13

That's fair 100 percent yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #14

I support full normalization between US and Cuba. No special treatment for Cubans over all others. Mika Jan 2016 #15

How could ANYONE be so dim-witted to ignore what has been a scandal for decades, Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #8

Why didn't Cuba offer to fly them back when they were stuck in Costa Rica? Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #9

That was THEIR choice, Spanky. Daddy doesn't come over and drive them back home. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #10

Then why are you complaining if they come to the US? Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #11

If they are fleeing Cuba, then they should be grateful to stay anywhere but Cuba. But, no, .... Mika Jan 2016 #12

They are still going to come, law or no law. Immigration laws haven't stopped people Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #16

US immigration laws re; Cubans are designed to attract them, not stop them. Mika Jan 2016 #17

They are still going to come. Look at any of Cuba's neighbors. nt Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #18

They don't have any adjustment act to assist. They need visas. Cubans don't. Mika Jan 2016 #19

They are still going to come. Law or no law. They don't want to stay in Cuba Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #20

No doubt. Let them use legal visas. No more special treatment. Mika Jan 2016 #21

Absolutely. They shouldn't even have "special treatment" with getting 20,000 visas Bacchus4.0 Jan 2016 #22