Since taking office, President Barack Obama has allowed Cuban-Americans to visit relatives on the island as much as they want and send unlimited remittances to relatives there. But Cuban-Americans like Damian close watch amendments omnibus trillion-plus $ 1 spending package that would back the Bush-era U.S. regulations, when Cuban-Americans can travel to Cuba only once every three years and send only $ 1,200 to nearest relatives on the island each year.
U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Cuban-American Republicans from Florida, has sponsored the amendment, which passed unanimously in the House Appropriations Committee earlier this year. He holds a 30 percent cut taken from the Cuban Government has been propping up the dictatorship of remittances, to add to coffers of billions of dollars. He also defended the people have been abusing the spirit of the rules by making repeated trips to sell items to Cuba that are otherwise difficult to get on the island.