He requests that only humanitarian aid flights be made available
Cuban-American Congressman Carlos Giménez requested that the United States Department of the Treasury (USDT) immediately suspend travel between the United States and Cuba, as well as prohibit the sending of remittances.
In a letter addressed to the head of this office, Scott Bessent, the Republican suggested that only humanitarian flights approved by Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be allowed.
Giménez's ideas aim to economically weaken the Castro regime at a time when the island is experiencing one of its most severe crises. "The murderous dictatorship in Cuba is in intensive care; the regime can't even keep the lights on, and the United States must stand with the Cuban people to overthrow this pathetic gang once and for all," the Republican representative from Florida stated.
The congressman stated, in statements to Fox News, that the current restrictions on travel to Cuba are insufficient, given the current heavy air traffic between the two countries. “Just go to Miami International Airport and you'll see all kinds of flights to and from Cuba. That has to stop,” he insisted.
He also emphasized that remittances from relatives in the US represent an essential source of foreign currency for the Cuban dictatorship. “These transfers have become the main means of indirectly financing the regime's repressive operations,” the legislator added.
Last March, Giménez was part of a delegation of congressmen who traveled to the Guantánamo Bay naval base to tour the facilities used to detain migrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Republican's arrival represented an emotional moment in his life, as it was the first time he was visiting his birth country in more than 60 years. “For the first time in 64 years, I was able to return to the country where I was born. I am deeply honored to represent our community in Congress and to have been to the only liberated part of Cuba: Guantánamo Bay,” the legislator said in an interview with Fox News Digital.