DAVID RIVERA: “Our duty is to the American taxpayer, first and foremost, not necessarily to any other country.”

In sum, Mr. Chairman, it is imperative that Congress do everything in its power to enforce U.S. immigration law.

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.

In 1966, the United States of America granted Cuban nationals one of the most benevolent immigration provisions ever granted to nationals of any country on the planet, what became known as the Cuban Adjustment Act.