Biden’s DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas just told any Cubans thinking about fleeing to the US to stay in Cuba. And if they attempt to flee Cuba, they’ll be returned to Cuba:
NY POST – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had a stern warning Tuesday for Cubans and Haitians thinking of escaping the ongoing unrest in both countries by sailing to the US: Don’t even think about it.
“The time is never right to attempt migration by sea,” Mayorkas said during a news conference. “To those who risk their lives doing so, this risk is not worth taking. Allow me to be clear: If you take to the sea, you will not come to the United States.”
Mayorkas, whose own family fled Cuba for the United States following Fidel Castro’s rise to power, added that any would-be refugees intercepted by the Coast Guard or any other law enforcement agency would be returned to their country of origin. Those who could provide what Mayorkas called a “well-founded fear of persecution or torture” would be referred to other countries for resettlement.
“They will not enter the United States,” the DHS secretary added.
According to Mayorkas, 20 people have lost their lives in recent weeks attempting to traverse the Straits of Florida and the Caribbean Sea.
It’s okay for illegals to make that difficult trek to our border and to cross it, but to Cubans who are fleeing communism, PLEASE DON’T COME.
So much for America being the land of hope.
Look, the trek across the Straits of Florida is probably a dangerous one and I don’t believe US officials should be encouraging it. But Mayorkas not only discouraged it, he said if they are caught they will be sent back to Cuba. That sound pretty dang unamerican, especially to a people who are being crushed by their government.
Some on the right suggest this is all about voting:
Cubans are being slaughtered by communists and the Biden administration won't let them come to the U.S. because they know that the majority of Cubans vote for Republicans. https://t.co/KV5tSCsaE7
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 14, 2021
Guess they don’t think Cubans will vote Democratic, ergo they don’t have a claim for asylum https://t.co/jhOujVassw
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 13, 2021
They tend to vote wrong, which means not for Democrats because they're not fans of totalitarian government. You think the liberal establishment gives a damn about people? https://t.co/5Jsu0Rrmh6
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) July 14, 2021
Here’s more reaction:
Didn't even cause a blip today. Didn't trend. No activist hashtag. No outrage from Ocasio-Cortez. No poetic grandstanding from Jim Acosta or CNN about the Statue of Liberty.
Nothing. Silence. https://t.co/AjmjhGqSDc
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 14, 2021
This. Is. Not. Who. We. Are. https://t.co/C1F49uYX1t
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 14, 2021
Interesting that this same policy isn’t enforced for asylum seekers from other countries who walk into the U.S. through our Southern border by the thousands every single day. https://t.co/50NFckcewL
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 14, 2021
Insert phony AOC crying meme https://t.co/CvRWnEnhxE
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) July 13, 2021
Will Democrats spend today citing the Statue of Liberty's poem in response to this strict enforcement of our immigration laws or nah? https://t.co/yDJ3JVB4n4
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) July 14, 2021