[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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                        REPEAL THE CUBAN EMBARGO

  (Mr. SERRANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, yesterday nearly 1,000 Cuban refugees were 
picked up by our Coast Guard off the coast of Florida. This is the 
largest 1-day total since this crisis began. This happened 1 day after 
a new policy which does not allow Cubans who reach our shores to stay.
  This policy calls for detaining Cubans and sending them to 
Guantanamo. In order to do this the Cuban Adjustment Act which allows 
all Cubans to stay was either rescinded, repealed, or suspended--no one 
seems to know exactly which.
  For years we have accused Fidel Castro of incarcerating his people 
within Cuba. Our new policy arrests Cubans and incarcerates them in 
Guantanamo, Cuba. Is there not a contradiction in all of this?
  It should be obvious to everyone that this situation is only going to 
get worse. The people in Cuba are suffering and leaders in Florida 
believe they have an immigration problem on their hands. It is time to 
end this madness by repealing the Cuban embargo. Support H.R. 4941 and 
end the embargo now. Let us begin negotiations before it is too late.

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