This is a deal that Obama cut with Raul Castro, to return escaping Cubans back to tender embrace of Comrade Castro.
Marco Rubio admitted that changes to the Cuban Adjustment Act were needed, but argued that “we must work to ensure that Cubans who arrive here to escape political persecution are not summarily returned to the regime.” The senator has been a staunch opponent of Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with Havana.
He also echoed the sentiments of Florida congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who opposed the elimination of the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program. The program allowed Cuban doctors to seek asylum in the U.S. “For decades, the Castro regime has forced thousands of doctors to go abroad as a tool of its foreign policy,” said Sen. Rubio.
That’s maybe the only place I line up on Marco Rubio’s side.