Reply #174: "their "right" to return is forfeit" isn't true [View All]

[Mika]

"Cuba demands that any pre-approved trip that the citizens come back or their "right" to return is forfeit."


So what about all of the Miamicubans who have come over to the US illegally (on smuggling ops or rafts or hijacked plane) who then go back to Cuba for a family visit?
:rolf:




"It is NOT illegal to leave the United States."

OK, it just depends on if you are coming back from Cuba then.

If you leave the US to go to Cuba without permission then it is illegal. An American without travel approval cannot go to Cuba on any of the airline flights daily out of Miami and Ft Lauderdale. There's a "security zone" around the coast of Florida, if one is on a boat bound for Cuba from the US the US Coast Guard will stop you. If one returns from Cuba (without a US permit) then one is subject to steep fines and/or jail.