American politicians demand answers from President Joe Biden for allowing a delegation of the Cuban regime will visit the control facilities of the Miami International Airport (MIA).
Five representatives of the Republican Party, including four Cuban Americans, sent a carta to the Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, in which they warn about the serious threat posed to national security by Cuban officials visiting sensitive areas of the MIA.
Members of the United States Congress Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar y Carlos Gimenezalong with Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, all from Florida, expressed their deep concern and indignation at the invitation and tour of the air terminal by regime operatives.
“It has been reported that these agents accessed secure areas and were able to view confidential airport security protocols,” says the letter, which was also sent to Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske.
“We hope that you take this incident as seriously as we do and ask that you both provide a full explanation as to how this incident could have occurred,” the document adds.
Díaz-Balart I point out that they need immediate answers about who authorized this visit and why they did it. “Protecting our national security and that of the American people should be our first priority,” she said on Twitter.
The signatories of the letter demand that the administration respond before May 24 to several questions, such as which areas of the airport the Cuban officials visited, what visas they were granted and in which United States airports representatives of Cuba or other designated countries have been. by the State Department as sponsors of terrorism.
“Under what authority did the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Homeland Security invite members of the Cuban Communist Party to sensitive areas of the MIA?” is another question.
“What security protocols does the TSA apply to tours of foreign visitors at airports in the United States?”, “What is the process for authorizing tours guided by the TSA?”, “Did the TSA follow that process in this case?” and “What is the current LDP (Last Departure Airport) contact at the MIA and when were you informed of the visit?” conclude the questionnaire.
Marco Rubio stressed that no member of the Cuban regime should be allowed entry to the United States, “let alone the Biden government allowing them to visit the Miami International Airport.”
The The Biden administration justified this week the controversial visit of Cuban officials to the MIAindicating that it was an exchange between professionals to promote civil aviation safety in both countries.
As stated to Martí News a State Department official, the TSA works closely with its Cuban counterparts in this specific area.
“This involves the TSA inspecting Cuban airports to certify their ability to accommodate flights to the United States and occasional reciprocal visits by the Cuban Ministry of Transportation to US airports to discuss best practices,” he detailed in an email.
The visit occurred a few days after the Biden administration will remove Cuba from a list of countries that “do not fully cooperate” with counterterrorism efforts(although it remains in the category of States sponsoring terrorism).
