Only those migrants who reach U.S. shores are allowed to stay because the federal government has no diplomatic relations with Cuba and has rarely deported Cubans. That is why the refugees stopped on Tuesday by the Coast Guard a few hundred feet from Surfside's beach wanted so desperately to reach land. Two of the six successfully swam to shore. Miami Mayor Joe Carollo, who met with the refugees after helping secure their release, said they deserved to stay because they came so close to reaching land. Look at the Jewish refugees who were sent back to the concentration camps.
History keeps repeating itself.
Carollo and other Cuban exile leaders stressed that while the six refugees were allowed to stay, a few thousand others have been picked up at sea and sent back to Cuba since the migration accord took effect. In May, the Coast Guard detained 272 Cubans found at sea, the highest monthly total since 1995. I don't think any one of us would want to face what they have to face back there. Diaz-Balart said he wants the federal government to stop sending refugees picked up at sea back to Cuba. One person said they should all be shot.