[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 19, 1994]
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                             LIBERATE CUBA

  (Mr. DIAZ-BALART asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, the administration said it would not 
permit Castro to dictate U.S. immigration policy, but it has done more 
than that: it has been panicked by Castro into violating the laws of 
the United States.
  Now that the path has been embarked upon of deciding what laws the 
administration will enforce and what laws it will break, there is one 
law that would be unconscionable to continue to expect enforcement of 
with regard to Castro's dictatorship: the same law that was not 
enforced with regard to Nicaragua or Afghanistan or Angola, the so-
called neutrality law.
  In Castro's threats against the United States, since the Cuban people 
rioted against him on August 5, we have seen another extraordinary 
example of why the continuation of the Castro dictatorship runs 
contrary to the fundamental national security of the United States.
  Cuban-Americans do not want another Mariel. Cuban-Americans want a 
reverse Mariel to go and ignite the spark of liberation in Cuba.
  That is what we need to be threatening Castro with, and not vice 
versa.
  A reverse Mariel so that Cuban-Americans can fight and die with our 
brothers and sisters on the island.
  Cuban-Americans do not want American GI's to die for the freedom of 
Cuba. Cuban-Americans demand the right to fight for the freedom of Cuba 
and against the worst enemy of the United States of the last 35 years.
  Mr. President, you cannot treat the Cubans like the Haitians due to 
Castro's blackmail, as you have now done, and yet, unlike Haiti, not 
take action to liberate Cuba.
  As Haiti's ports are blockaded and overt and covert aid is being 
provided pro-democracy forces in Haiti, so too must it be in Cuba.
  Today, you must announce specifics to liberate Cuba, and not steps, 
completely unrelated to the source of this problem, which is Castro, 
like the Attorney General announced last night.

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