Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban

[GLASNOST]

You need to check your passport more carefully to be sure. The American government has forbidden its citizens to travel to Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Rhodesia, etc at one time or another. So Cuba isn't the only nation in the world to which a congressional statue has prohibited US citizens from travelling.

Where did you find that ?

Look inside your passport.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Cuba is a shithole, why do you want to go there?

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

You can go to that shithole if you'd like.
Plenty of stupid Americans go to that and other shitholes every year.
Go for it.
Post your pics.

You did not answer the question...

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling its citizens where they can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

Sorry that Cuba is a shithole.
Let us know all about your visit.

You did not answer the question...

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling its citizens where they can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

Who said you can't go?
Stupid Americans go to Cuba all the time.
As a conservative, I try not to support the Castro Crime family.

 

[GLASNOST]

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation.

You need to check your passport more carefully to be sure. The American government has forbidden its citizens to travel to Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Rhodesia, etc at one time or another. So Cuba isn't the only nation in the world to which a congressional statue has prohibited US citizens from travelling.

Those are from the State Dept regulations, not a congressional statue

Whatever. The risk of imprisonment, fines, and "loss of American citizenship" are (were) the stated consequences of travelling to those nations.

 

[GLASNOST]

You need to check your passport more carefully to be sure. The American government has forbidden its citizens to travel to Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Rhodesia, etc at one time or another. So Cuba isn't the only nation in the world to which a congressional statue has prohibited US citizens from travelling.

Where did you find that ?

He is only half correct. That travel ban is from the state Dept, not a Congressional statue.


North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Travel Advisory

As I said, travell to those nations would risk those consequences I stated above.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

You can go to that shithole if you'd like.
Plenty of stupid Americans go to that and other shitholes every year.
Go for it.
Post your pics.

You did not answer the question...

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling its citizens where they can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

Sorry that Cuba is a shithole.
Let us know all about your visit.

You did not answer the question...

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling its citizens where they can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

Who said you can't go?
Stupid Americans go to Cuba all the time.
As a conservative, I try not to support the Castro Crime family.

Read the OP...or are there too many big words for you?

 

[the other mike]

It's an island almost 20 times bigger than Jamaica.
That's a lot of potentially cheap beachfront property there.
And we fly over Cuba to get to Jamaica and the Caymans.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

You can go to that shithole if you'd like.
Plenty of stupid Americans go to that and other shitholes every year.
Go for it.
Post your pics.

You did not answer the question...

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling its citizens where they can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

Sorry that Cuba is a shithole.
Let us know all about your visit.

You did not answer the question...

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling its citizens where they can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

Who said you can't go?
Stupid Americans go to Cuba all the time.
As a conservative, I try not to support the Castro Crime family.

Read the OP...or are there too many big words for you?

Do you not know you can go to Cuba?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation.

You need to check your passport more carefully to be sure. The American government has forbidden its citizens to travel to Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Rhodesia, etc at one time or another. So Cuba isn't the only nation in the world to which a congressional statue has prohibited US citizens from travelling.

Those are from the State Dept regulations, not a congressional statue

Whatever. The risk of imprisonment, fines, and "loss of American citizenship" are (were) the stated consequences of travelling to those nations.

The point is those change from time to time. Vietnam for example is no longer on that list..

Vietnam Travel Advisory

Cuba on the other hand is set in stone due to Congressional statue.

 

[WillowTree]

Libs always fantasize about Cuba. I'm not sure if it's the wonderful healthcare, the 1950s automobiles, or just the peaceful history of che and castro. I say open it up.

A friend of mine went there for the automobiles! She said it sucked in every way!

 

[lennypartiv]

That's a lot of potentially cheap beachfront property there.
And we fly over Cuba to get to Jamaica and the Caymans.

That tourism ban could be dropped, if Cuba would do the right thing and return the land stolen from American companies that were there when Batista was still in charge.

 

[GLASNOST]

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation.

You need to check your passport more carefully to be sure. The American government has forbidden its citizens to travel to Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Rhodesia, etc at one time or another. So Cuba isn't the only nation in the world to which a congressional statue has prohibited US citizens from travelling.

Those are from the State Dept regulations, not a congressional statue

Whatever. The risk of imprisonment, fines, and "loss of American citizenship" are (were) the stated consequences of travelling to those nations.

The point is those change from time to time. Vietnam for example is no longer on that list..

I said that already.

 

[Cellblock2429]

“The bipartisan bill I will introduce on Monday is about the right of Americans, not Cubans, to travel,” Senator Patrick Leahy stated, as he prepared to introduce the “Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019” this week. “Every member of Congress,” he declared, “especially those who have been to Cuba, should oppose restrictions on American citizens that have no place in the law books of a free society.”

In the House, Congressmen James McGovern and Tom Emmer introduced identical legislation last week, setting the stage for Congress to debate President Trump’s ongoing efforts to restrict travel in order to score electoral points in Florida. Although congressional proponents of free travel to Cuba have tried, and failed, to lift existing restrictions in the past, Trump’s recent flagrant assault on freedom to travel, along with the natural constituency of millions of citizens who have flocked to Cuba over the past few years, may combine to give this latest legislative initiative a better chance of success.

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation. From the end of the Eisenhower administration to the mid-1990s, restrictions on travel, like the trade embargo itself, fell under executive authority; the restrictions were imposed by the president and could be rescinded by the president. That changed in 1996, when President Clinton signed the punitive Helms-Burton Act, which codified the embargo into law, along with restrictions on travel. After Clinton moved to create exemptions that would allow travel to Cuba for specific, non-touristic, purposes—journalism, education, religious activities, business transactions, professional meetings, etc.—Congress amended the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to read: “the Secretary of the Treasury may not authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba for tourist activities.”

Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban

I'm planning to open a banana boat rental place on Guantanamo beach.

Cuba is a shithole, why do you want to go there?

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

/—-/ US travel to Cuba supports their slave state. Know how libtards boycott states that don’t adherence to the Prog agenda? Same thing.

 

[the other mike]

 

[Harpy Eagle]

“The bipartisan bill I will introduce on Monday is about the right of Americans, not Cubans, to travel,” Senator Patrick Leahy stated, as he prepared to introduce the “Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019” this week. “Every member of Congress,” he declared, “especially those who have been to Cuba, should oppose restrictions on American citizens that have no place in the law books of a free society.”

In the House, Congressmen James McGovern and Tom Emmer introduced identical legislation last week, setting the stage for Congress to debate President Trump’s ongoing efforts to restrict travel in order to score electoral points in Florida. Although congressional proponents of free travel to Cuba have tried, and failed, to lift existing restrictions in the past, Trump’s recent flagrant assault on freedom to travel, along with the natural constituency of millions of citizens who have flocked to Cuba over the past few years, may combine to give this latest legislative initiative a better chance of success.

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation. From the end of the Eisenhower administration to the mid-1990s, restrictions on travel, like the trade embargo itself, fell under executive authority; the restrictions were imposed by the president and could be rescinded by the president. That changed in 1996, when President Clinton signed the punitive Helms-Burton Act, which codified the embargo into law, along with restrictions on travel. After Clinton moved to create exemptions that would allow travel to Cuba for specific, non-touristic, purposes—journalism, education, religious activities, business transactions, professional meetings, etc.—Congress amended the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to read: “the Secretary of the Treasury may not authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba for tourist activities.”

Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban

I'm planning to open a banana boat rental place on Guantanamo beach.

Cuba is a shithole, why do you want to go there?

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

/—-/ US travel to Cuba supports their slave state. Know how libtards boycott states that don’t adherence to the Prog agenda? Same thing.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

 

[Thinker101]

“The bipartisan bill I will introduce on Monday is about the right of Americans, not Cubans, to travel,” Senator Patrick Leahy stated, as he prepared to introduce the “Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019” this week. “Every member of Congress,” he declared, “especially those who have been to Cuba, should oppose restrictions on American citizens that have no place in the law books of a free society.”

In the House, Congressmen James McGovern and Tom Emmer introduced identical legislation last week, setting the stage for Congress to debate President Trump’s ongoing efforts to restrict travel in order to score electoral points in Florida. Although congressional proponents of free travel to Cuba have tried, and failed, to lift existing restrictions in the past, Trump’s recent flagrant assault on freedom to travel, along with the natural constituency of millions of citizens who have flocked to Cuba over the past few years, may combine to give this latest legislative initiative a better chance of success.

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation. From the end of the Eisenhower administration to the mid-1990s, restrictions on travel, like the trade embargo itself, fell under executive authority; the restrictions were imposed by the president and could be rescinded by the president. That changed in 1996, when President Clinton signed the punitive Helms-Burton Act, which codified the embargo into law, along with restrictions on travel. After Clinton moved to create exemptions that would allow travel to Cuba for specific, non-touristic, purposes—journalism, education, religious activities, business transactions, professional meetings, etc.—Congress amended the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to read: “the Secretary of the Treasury may not authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba for tourist activities.”

Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban

I'm planning to open a banana boat rental place on Guantanamo beach.

Make sure you pay them at least $15/hour, dumbass.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

“The bipartisan bill I will introduce on Monday is about the right of Americans, not Cubans, to travel,” Senator Patrick Leahy stated, as he prepared to introduce the “Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019” this week. “Every member of Congress,” he declared, “especially those who have been to Cuba, should oppose restrictions on American citizens that have no place in the law books of a free society.”

In the House, Congressmen James McGovern and Tom Emmer introduced identical legislation last week, setting the stage for Congress to debate President Trump’s ongoing efforts to restrict travel in order to score electoral points in Florida. Although congressional proponents of free travel to Cuba have tried, and failed, to lift existing restrictions in the past, Trump’s recent flagrant assault on freedom to travel, along with the natural constituency of millions of citizens who have flocked to Cuba over the past few years, may combine to give this latest legislative initiative a better chance of success.

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation. From the end of the Eisenhower administration to the mid-1990s, restrictions on travel, like the trade embargo itself, fell under executive authority; the restrictions were imposed by the president and could be rescinded by the president. That changed in 1996, when President Clinton signed the punitive Helms-Burton Act, which codified the embargo into law, along with restrictions on travel. After Clinton moved to create exemptions that would allow travel to Cuba for specific, non-touristic, purposes—journalism, education, religious activities, business transactions, professional meetings, etc.—Congress amended the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to read: “the Secretary of the Treasury may not authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba for tourist activities.”

Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban

I'm planning to open a banana boat rental place on Guantanamo beach.

Cuba is a shithole, why do you want to go there?

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

/—-/ US travel to Cuba supports their slave state. Know how libtards boycott states that don’t adherence to the Prog agenda? Same thing.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Stop whining, go to Cuba, stick it to the man!!!

 

[Harpy Eagle]

“The bipartisan bill I will introduce on Monday is about the right of Americans, not Cubans, to travel,” Senator Patrick Leahy stated, as he prepared to introduce the “Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019” this week. “Every member of Congress,” he declared, “especially those who have been to Cuba, should oppose restrictions on American citizens that have no place in the law books of a free society.”

In the House, Congressmen James McGovern and Tom Emmer introduced identical legislation last week, setting the stage for Congress to debate President Trump’s ongoing efforts to restrict travel in order to score electoral points in Florida. Although congressional proponents of free travel to Cuba have tried, and failed, to lift existing restrictions in the past, Trump’s recent flagrant assault on freedom to travel, along with the natural constituency of millions of citizens who have flocked to Cuba over the past few years, may combine to give this latest legislative initiative a better chance of success.

Few people are aware that Cuba is the only nation in the world to which a congressional statute prohibits US citizens from traveling for a simple vacation. From the end of the Eisenhower administration to the mid-1990s, restrictions on travel, like the trade embargo itself, fell under executive authority; the restrictions were imposed by the president and could be rescinded by the president. That changed in 1996, when President Clinton signed the punitive Helms-Burton Act, which codified the embargo into law, along with restrictions on travel. After Clinton moved to create exemptions that would allow travel to Cuba for specific, non-touristic, purposes—journalism, education, religious activities, business transactions, professional meetings, etc.—Congress amended the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to read: “the Secretary of the Treasury may not authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba for tourist activities.”

Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban

I'm planning to open a banana boat rental place on Guantanamo beach.

Cuba is a shithole, why do you want to go there?

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

/—-/ US travel to Cuba supports their slave state. Know how libtards boycott states that don’t adherence to the Prog agenda? Same thing.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Stop whining, go to Cuba, stick it to the man!!!

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Simple question. Why are you afraid to answer it?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Cuba is a shithole, why do you want to go there?

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

/—-/ US travel to Cuba supports their slave state. Know how libtards boycott states that don’t adherence to the Prog agenda? Same thing.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Stop whining, go to Cuba, stick it to the man!!!

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Simple question. Why are you afraid to answer it?

I realize you love Cuba, don't let me, or the US government, stop you.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Why do you support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Is that really the sort of thing a Conservative should support?

/—-/ US travel to Cuba supports their slave state. Know how libtards boycott states that don’t adherence to the Prog agenda? Same thing.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Stop whining, go to Cuba, stick it to the man!!!

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Simple question. Why are you afraid to answer it?

I realize you love Cuba, don't let me, or the US government, stop you.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Simple question. Why are you afraid to answer it?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

/—-/ US travel to Cuba supports their slave state. Know how libtards boycott states that don’t adherence to the Prog agenda? Same thing.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Stop whining, go to Cuba, stick it to the man!!!

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Simple question. Why are you afraid to answer it?

I realize you love Cuba, don't let me, or the US government, stop you.

Why do you, who claims to be a Conservative, support the Fed Govt telling you where you can and cannot go?

Simple question. Why are you afraid to answer it?

I have no desire to support the Cuban regime.
If idiots like you want to give those assholes your money, I guess you should be free to do so.
So go forth, tovarish, post pictures if you get back.