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Amid flood across southern border, Biden admin says Cuban refugees won’t be let into US

Updated: July 15, 2021 at 6:59 pm EST  See Comments

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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The Biden administration is taking a strikingly different view of refugees hoping to flee to the United States from the Communist regime of Cuba than it does for illegal immigrants from Mexico, with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stressing Tuesday that members of the former group will not be allowed to enter the country.

“We also stand in solidarity with the Cuban people and their call for freedom from the repression and economic suffering that the Cuban’s authoritarian regime is causing,” Mayorkas said during a Tuesday press briefing. But the “time is never right to attempt migration by sea. To those who risk their lives doing so, this risk is not worth taking. Allow me to be clear: if you take to the sea, you will not come to the United States.”

“If individuals make, establish a well-founded fear of persecution or torture, they are referred to third countries for resettlement,” he added.

DHS Secretary @AliMayorkas threatens fleeing Cuban refugees: “Allow me to be clear, if you take

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