Let Cuban Americans Visit Their Families
Re “Trusted in Iraq, Barred From Cuba,” Commentary, April 26: As a Cuban American who proudly served this country in the U.S. Air Force, I salute Sgt. Carlos Lazo for his courage, honesty and determination to write this column. His courage because as a member of the National Guard it is not easy to criticize your commander in chief, and his honesty by telling the truth like it is.
This absurd and inhumane policy benefits no one, except perhaps the egos of a few extremists in South Florida.
I have two sisters and a nephew in Cuba, but my son and daughter cannot go there to visit their aunts and cousin because under President Bush’s new regulations, “aunties and cousins” do not exist.
What a farce and hypocrisy when we speak of family values.
Joe Perez
Santa Monica
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