Mr. Speaker. I rise today to call attention to a great humanitarian injustice facing two Cuban refugee doctors and their families. On April 10. 2002. Dr. David GonzalezMejias and Dr. Marialis DariasMesa were notified by the U.S. Government that they had been awarded documents that would allow them to immigrate to America and begin a new life in freedom. Unfortunately. the Cuban Government denied these doctors permission to leave Cuba with their spouses and children. They were told because they were doctors. they would have to remain in Cuba for another 3 years. However. their families were permitted to leave and now reside in Florida.
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