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U.S. Pays to Feed and Shelter Cuban Migrants Stranded in Costa Rica
New York Times ^ | March 4, 2016 | Frances Robles

Posted on 03/05/2016 6:51:13 AM PST by Olog-hai

The United States government has been paying to feed and shelter thousands of Cubans trying to migrate to the United States, in what critics consider another sign of the lopsided treatment provided to Cubans under American law.

The Obama administration has tried hard to deter the crush of migrants arriving from Central America in recent years. It has pressed Mexico to crack down on migrants passing through its territory, while women and children who managed to cross the American border have been held in detention facilities.

But American law gives Cubans special status to live in the United States and apply for a green card, provided they make it here. That has set off a rush of Cubans who have taken advantage of changes inside Cuba that make it easier to leave, and who are worried that the Obama administration's improved relations with their government will soon erase their privileged status. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; castros; costarica; obama
So the Slimes admits it is prejudiced against Cubans, especially those that hate Castro. Well well.
1 posted on 03/05/2016 6:51:13 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Sure, why not, it’s not like we’re $19 trillion in debt or anything.


2 posted on 03/05/2016 6:56:05 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: Olog-hai

Lopsided?

what I heard is that Mexican traffickers tell all there people to immediately turn themselves into the Border Patrol because they will get protection and a free ride into the United States permanently.

they tell all their customers that.

I also heard that any border patrol officer who says they don’t like that is ordered to find another job.


3 posted on 03/05/2016 7:00:10 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Wolfie

This expenditure is barely a rounding error.


4 posted on 03/05/2016 7:00:14 AM PST by Tax-chick (Support Ted Cruz! He might not be as bad as the other available choices!)
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To: gaijin

And yet they are jealous of Cubans’ “special status”. NYT logic.


5 posted on 03/05/2016 7:01:59 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
So Cuban citizens are not paid for by Cuba. They are allowed into Costa Rica yet Costa Rica doesn't pay for them either. Somehow, some way, it is Uncle Sucker's job to pay for these people who are neither US citizens nor on US soil. With money we don't even have. Enough!
6 posted on 03/05/2016 7:11:50 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Olog-hai

“stranded” in Costa Rica? Sounds like an upgrade to me. If I were one of those wealthy American expatriates in Costa Rica, I’d try to find one of those Cubans who keeps the old cars running for sixty years and provide him with real dough for his expertise.


7 posted on 03/05/2016 7:16:57 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Paine in the Neck

But from the NYT’s perspective, that’s “lopsided” and “special” treatment while all others just walk into the USA. From the viewpoint of government blowing money, it’s all incredibly bad, but nobody at the NYT is going to think like that.


8 posted on 03/05/2016 7:17:53 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Paine in the Neck

Well I hope they stay ‘stranded’. I am sick to death of ‘migrants’.


9 posted on 03/05/2016 7:45:28 AM PST by sheana
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To: Olog-hai

Thank God we have a Federal Reserve that can print as many unbacked, fiat dollars the government needs.


10 posted on 03/05/2016 8:03:40 AM PST by PGR88
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Our government is making us pay for the invasion of our own country.

The RNC/GOP is scheming to make sure we cannot nominate or elect a President who stops this nonsense.

Both parties decided long agao that we would not be allowed to keep the rule of law or our country.


11 posted on 03/05/2016 8:19:49 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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