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On the recordJune 6, 2012
the same government that denied them the tourist visa gave one to Mariela Castro so she could come to the United States and justify the fact that they are holding an American hostage.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio highlights the hypocrisy of granting visas to Castro's daughter while denying them to Cuban orphans.

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