According to him, it will be substantially different to the Obama administration’s handling of foreign policy because Obama “has this policy of unilateral concessions. All of our enemies seem to get whatever they ask for, and our country gets very little in return… Under this new administration, we’re gonna see better deals.”
Specifically, Curbelo is going to be focused on policies relating to the United States’ relationship with Cuba.
“I’m focused on, specifically, and I have been for some time now on reforming our Cuban refugee policy. Today, any Cuban who arrives in the United States is automatically treated like a political refugee,” he said before going on to explain the frustrations over abuse of the system.
“There’s a lot of abuse of this policy. For example, there are people living in Cuba today who are cashing US welfare checks. Their relatives here in the United States cash their checks or receive the funds by transfer. That was not the intention of...
