DAVID RIVERA: “Even more troubling, our national debt is dangerously high at over $14.9 trillion, threatening our nation's ability to…”

I would strongly urge the Committee to maintain the focus on the purpose of my legislation to ensure that the spirit and letter of U.S. immigration law is enforced.

The result of that policy, which I often refer to as unilateral concessions to the dictatorship, have been well documented.

My legislation simply says that any Cuban national who receives political asylum and residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act and travels to Cuba while still a resident will have their residency status revoked.

I urge all of my colleagues to work with me to ensure the passage of the Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act.