DAVID RIVERA: “I would caution any future Government of Egypt to tread very, very carefully.”

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.

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

Can you cite any progress in democratic reforms on the island that have resulted from that policy?

Well, of course that contact did not begin with this administration. We have always had travel, family unification and other types of licensed travel to Cuba, and it hasn't resulted in any democratic reforms.