Cubans resident in the United States and nongovernmental organizations have sent thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails to the White House expressing opposition to a bill that would restore restrictions on travel to Cuba and Cuba tours.

Despite all the messages, an amendment to a White House budget law sponsored by Florida Republican Mario Diaz-Balart was “still a threat,” according to commentator Alvaro F. Fernandez of Radio Progreso in Miami.

The Diaz-Balart amendment seeks to return to the George W. Bush era, when Cuban-Americans could only travel to Cuba to visit their families once every three years, Fernandez added.

Cuba Travel and Cuba Tours : The Diaz-Balart family amendment

Last month, the American government declared it did not support the amendment and that President Barack Obama would veto it if contained language on Cuba, Fernandez said.

The amendment would also limit family remittances to $300 per quarter and strictly define who was a family member.

Cuba Travel : Diaz Balart Family and Draconian Measures

Following Diaz-Balart, other members of Congress such as Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, David Rivera, and others, are insisting on the restoration of Draconian measures, Fernandez said.

 

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