Longterm interests. including the fostering of democracy. are undermined when the impression is given. however erroneous that the United States is willing to abandon freedomloving people. We should end this inhumane policy of condemning Cubans who seek freedom in the United States to a life under tyranny. As for those Cubans who have managed to escape to third countries. there are three compelling reasons to allow them to immigrate to the United States. First. they have family in the United States. and the family reunification argument is as compelling for Cubans in third countries as it is for Cubans in Cuba. Second. many of these Cubans who escape to third countries are living in a kind of limbo. Many cannot get a job. and must rely for survival on money from their relatives in the United States. The administrations policy on the issue of Cuban immigration and the processing of Cuban political prisoners is a significant departure from the historical generosity of the United States toward those who have suffered for sharing American ideals. It also violates our tradition of encouraging the reunification of families. I believe it should be changed immediately.
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