Speaker. the July 1lth Washington Post carried an excellent editorial about the dangerous convicted felons that Fidel Castro sent to this country in the 1980 Mariel boatlift. The editorial noted that these individuals "belong in Cuban jails. not in American jails. Certainly they do not belong on American streets." I concur completely in this assessment. Indeed. I would go one step farther. The States should not have to bear the cost of incarcerating those Cubans who after entry violated our laws and who now are being held in American jails. Immigration and refugees are Federal matters. Their financial impact on American society should be borne by the entire country and not by the few States. For this reason.
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Generalization that Cubans are dangerous convicted felons.