40,000 Cubans given expedited green cards, thousands more coming

[kscarbel2]

At any point in time, there are millions of people around the world who have been waiting in line from one to five years to legally immigrate to the United States.

And yet due to a law that borders on being childish in nature, thousands of Cubans are now flooding into the United States, like the alleged Muslim “refugees”, cutting in line ahead of other people around the world.

The ridiculous US policy of automatically granting Cubans express green cards should cease immediately. If they want to live in the United States and subjugate to the American way of life, then they can demonstrate some American-like ethics by getting in line for a green card like every other immigrant applicant around the globe.

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40,000 Cubans given expedited green cards, thousands more coming

The Guardian / December 30, 2015

A massive airlift of refugees will begin in Central America next week after regional countries agreed to help thousands of stranded Cubans who have been driven by the threat of normalised relations to migrate to the United States.

Fears that talks between Washington and Havana may soon curtail favourable US migration policies have prompted the biggest rush from the Caribbean island since the “raft exodus” of 1994.

More than 40,000 Cubans have entered the US this year, almost double the number in 2014.

Many more are stranded, after travelling via Ecuador, which offered visa-free entry for Cuban arrivals, and then being blocked on their overland route north at the Nicaraguan border. Since 15 November, the government in Managua, which is an ally of the Cuban president, Raúl Castro, has denied entry to the refugees.

About 6,000 Cubans have been stuck in Costa Rica and Panama for the past six weeks, prompting concerns from the International Red Cross and other aid groups.

Jim Batres, the national director of the Red Cross in Costa Rica said the plan was “light at the end of the tunnel”, but “may not be a complete solution to the problems we have here”.

“There are still many questions. We know that 40,000 Cubans entered Ecuador, but so far only 7,000 are here in Costa Rica. What will happen to the rest? How long will the airlift take? What will happen to people who can’t afford it? This situation could continue for one, two or three months.”

Last Sunday, Pope Francis, called on regional governments “to find a quick solution to this humanitarian drama”.

That appeared to have been achieved on Tuesday, when seven member nations of the Central American Integration System – not including Nicaragua – agreed to arrange flights for the refugees to El Salvador. From there, they are expected to travel by bus through Guatemala and Mexico to the United States.

The Costa Rican foreign minister, Manuel González, said the plan, which begins with a pilot flight next week, was “entirely exceptional” and would only apply to Cubans who currently reside in the country.

Many questions remain unanswered, particularly regarding financing the plan and the role of the US in the agreement. González suggested refugees would have to pay their own way, but many are unlikely to have sufficient funds for a flight.

The details have been left deliberately sketchy to avoid further inflaming regional tensions and resentment among other Latinos who would like to migrate to the US but do not enjoy the same preferential conditions as Cubans.

Since 1966, the US has allowed Cuban visitors to become legal residents within a year of setting foot on US soil, as part of the old cold war strategy to destabilise the Castro government.

In the wake of recent diplomatic breakthroughs, however, many fear this policy could soon come to an end. With salaries in the US dozens of times higher than those in Cuba, the economic incentive to leave before a possible tightening of the rules is enormous.

The Cuban minister of foreign relations, Bruno Rodríguez, urged a quick solution to the plight of the refugees stranded in Costa Rica, which he blamed on Washington.

“I strongly believe that the politicisation of US migration policy toward Cuba must change, and must stop encouraging illegal, unsafe and disorderly migration,” he told the national assembly.

Costa Rica’s President Luis Guillermo Solís has also reportedly complained that countries on the Cuban migrants’ route are “victims” of US immigration policy.

The extent to which the US will be part of the solution remains unclear. Although it was not one of the seven countries – Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico – that agreed on the airlift plan, it is likely to have been closely consulted.

US Congress members Kay Granger and Henry Cuellar visited Cuban refugee centres in Costa Rica on Tuesday and joined the US ambassador, Stafford Fitzgerald Haney, and the Costa Rican envoy in Washington at a meeting to discuss the crisis (Apparently, the term "crisis" can now be casually applied to almost any situation nowadays) . The host government said it was not planning to ask the US for financial or technical aid.

However, private donations from the US have already begun. Another recent visitor to Costa Rica is Felix Roque, mayor of the New Jersey town of West New York, who told local reporters he had donated a six-figure sum to the refugees.

[41chevy]

NEW DEMOCRAT VOTERS . . . .

[57 bcr]

No kiddin',Paul

[theakerstwo]

And there is a world full of people that will still defend Ocrapo

[TeamsterGrrrl]

Historicly the Cubans have voted republican.

[rustydog]

Well if just half of them bring cigars, it won't be too bad.....

[TeamsterGrrrl]

I'm down in southwest Florida this time of year, and other than the immigrants it's just old people down here. If it wasn't for the immigrants to feed, care for, and clean up after all the old folks down here this place would shut down. BTW, the actual number of Cuban immigrants to Florida has been over 100,000 a year, most coming in under provisions for relatives of citizens. That immigration is dwarfed by the "immigration" of Puerto Ricans who are of course U.S. citizens and can freely enter and leave the mainland U.S..

[41chevy]

Point is why have regulations, procedures, quotas and waiting lists if they are ignored and by passed?

I always hear that they do all the work that "real Americans" won't do. Who determined that? A media or government study? I asked these so called "Real Americans if they would to farm labor for me and 99% jumped at the chance.

I have "real Americans" that work on my farm during planting and harvest times, some work for me in my salvage business too. They don't seem to demand any more than the "immigrants" and work as hard. Granted quite a few farms near me use the "immigrants" because the can basically treat them unfairly and let them take risks to save money or time. Most " immigrants" will work for cash so the employer saves on taxes and benefits or pays the minimum on the books to be legal.

But I guess that where I am is not the real America and I'm sure that the Feds and B.H.L's (bleeding heart liberals) know what is best for us the country.

[TeamsterGrrrl]

Define "real american"?

[kscarbel2]

The heart of the matter is, why is our government ignoring/bypassing our immigration laws and procedures?

Are these Latin Americans and Muslims better for America than the rest of the immigrant applicants around the world who, following procedure, have been patiently waiting in line for years?

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 granted amnesty to 2.8 million illegal immigrants who were, somehow, living in the United States.

541,000 Social Security numbers were given to illegal immigrants under President Obama’s original 2012 deportation amnesty for "Dreamers".

And separately, Obama also wants to grant amnesty and work permits to up to 5 million illegal immigrants who are, somehow, living in the United States.

I have a real problem with a government that constantly finds ways to ignore our laws and procedures.

[41chevy]

Define "real american"?

A June 23 Washington Post poll/article was quoted by Obama and as being the reason that immigration reform is needed, to end the Real American ideas of superiority and entitlement to jobs. Obamas choice of words stating "that immigrants do work that real americans think is beneath them"

[kscarbel2]

A June 23 Washington Post poll/article was quoted by Obama and as being the reason that immigration reform is needed, to end the Real American ideas of superiority and entitlement to jobs. Obamas choice of words stating "that immigrants do work that real americans think is beneath them"

The article.............https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/23/what-it-takes-to-be-a-real-american-according-to-real-americans/

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[Underdog]

Point is why have regulations, procedures, quotas and waiting lists if they are ignored and by passed?

I always hear that they do all the work that "real Americans" won't do. Who determined that? A media or government study? I asked these so called "Real Americans if they would to farm labor for me and 99% jumped at the chance.

I have "real Americans" that work on my farm during planting and harvest times, some work for me in my salvage business too. They don't seem to demand any more than the "immigrants" and work as hard. Granted quite a few farms near me use the "immigrants" because the can basically treat them unfairly and let them take risks to save money or time. Most " immigrants" will work for cash so the employer saves on taxes and benefits or pays the minimum on the books to be legal.

But I guess that where I am is not the real America and I'm sure that the Feds and B.H.L's (bleeding heart liberals) know what is best for us the country.

We've got to the point where an influx of immigrants has driven down wages to a level where entry-level jobs pay less than welfare. Immigrants are willing to do menial, "dirty" jobs because they are not eligible for a government check. Americans are "not willing" to do these same jobs, because welfare pays more than a minimum wage job. You can't blame the immigrants for trying to improve their position in life; a minimum wage job in the USA (and the opportunities it provides) is far better than a hopeless existence in any third world country. I have a certain amount of respect for a person willing to leave behind everything he knows and risk everything to move halfway across the globe, just to get to the USA. I have a lot less respect for some lazy American who won't even move off the couch to get a job. The blame for this current situation lies squarely with our BLH government policies.

.02 Gregg

"Character is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching"

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[41chevy]

They ARE eligible for assistance under this administration. advocate groups, churches, public schools and even Federal out reach programs to help get Food Stamps, Rental Assistance, Health care and even SSD. Federal law says their children can not be denied enrollment in public schools because of immigration status or be denied the School nutritional supplemental meals (free breakfast, lunch and after school snack) They may not get Welfare but the do get all the other Freebies.

Sit in the Social Security Office and watch the young women with children in tow, through their interpreter getting rubber stamped SS assistance for them and their children. Social Services offices do the same thing for health coverage and public assistance for them. . . legal status or not. Got to a local clinic or hospital emergency room, it's the illegals "doctors office" because they can not be denied assistance and it is paid for by the Feds, the State and our health care costs The illegals in Nassau County, NYC and Freeport have formed their own construction companies and even though they are all illegals they are allowed to bid on County Projects. Most times they will get the projects because of their cheap labor.

I respect them leaving their country to start a new life, but do it legally. 34 million illegals here in the U.S. of whom many are getting benefits that "they deserve because they are here?" Many are allowed to vote in local and state elections because "the issues affect them too" ?

One last thig of that 34 million here how many have any education or skills that will allow them to move up out of the minimum wage jobs to something better? Apparently not many since the cure for lack of job, education or language skills is to raise the minimum wage and adopt their language.

[Underdog]

I'm not defending the immigrants, it is our politicians who allow this to perpetuate. The USA is still the greatest place on earth to live, the rest of the world resents us only because they are jealous. Look what our founding fathers have accomplished in 250 years, where many civilizations around the world have not advanced out of the stone age. Now our current crop of "leaders" want to "level the playing field" by setting us back, rather than bring others up to our standard of living. No other nation is so lenient with immigration, or so generous in support of the UN. Yet everyone around the world hates the USA. Time to bring our troops and our dollars home, tighten the borders, and let the rest of the world do without their guardian angel for a while.

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[41chevy]

I know you weren't defending them. This administration is worse than previous. Yes we have had many other administrations allow masses of people in on a nod and promise to come back and do it legally. This one is just a joke and unfortunately it's on us.