DAVID RIVERA: “This should include sanctions and law enforcement indictments against anyone seeking out economic and other arrangements…”

But let me be clear, Mr. Chairman, in the final analysis my legislation is about protecting the rule of law here in the United States.

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.

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