[Pikamax]

the fact they hijacked the boat, would make them not fit to come to America. If they had been let in, it would be worse for Bush because you are rewarding criminal acts and it would have lead to more from the island. There would have been a huge backlash because of it.

Now the guys in the chevy trunk, they should have been let in.

[Catspaw]

The hijackers should've been tried and sentenced in the US. The last hijackers were excuted by Castro in warp speed and, despite our "negotiation" with Castro, these hijackers will, very quietly, meet the same fate.

[Grut]

If they had been let in, it would be worse for Bush because you are rewarding criminal acts...

On the other hand, America was created by traitors and yet we regard ourselves as legitimate, so apparently the desire for freedom sometimes justifies breaking the law.

[Texas_Dawg]

the fact they hijacked the boat, would make them not fit to come to America. If they had been let in, it would be worse for Bush because you are rewarding criminal acts and it would have lead to more from the island.

These are hardly criminals though. I can guarantee you that no one on that hijacked boat (other than a couple French tourists) was upset about the chance of possibly making it to America.

[george wythe]

the fact they hijacked the boat, would make them not fit to come to America

Can you suggest of any other way to get a boat in Cuba?

As you admit, even home-made rafts and boats are turned back to Castro, along with the refugees. Since leaving Cuba without an exit visa is a felony, the US government is spitting in the face of freedom-seeking Cubans.

The returned refugees are punished; the mildest punishment is losing the ration book that allows them to buy food and basic items such as toiletries and shoes.