I'M WITH JEB

The Bush administration shouldn't send back those Cuban refugees who tried to cross the sea to freedom in a truck. They'll end up on Castro's gulags. Jeb Bush is criticizing brother George W. on the issue, and he's right. The double-minded policy of keeping refugees who actually make it to US soil while sending back any we catch at sea making the trip makes no sense. Which is none too surprising, given its provenance:

Under the policy adopted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the 1990s, Cubans who reach U.S. soil are automatically allowed to stay; those caught at sea are sent home. (my emphasis)

Whose administration could've been responsible that asinine policy? Sounds like a back-handed way to appease the Castro-coddlers in the Democrat party to me. GW should change it.

MORE: The more I think about this, the madder it makes me. These poor guys not only deserve some style points for the attempt, they deserve freedom. Their escape from a Communist sinkhole was quite courageous, and the mere accident of being spotted before making landfall will get them sent back to that Communist sinkhole. There, they'll face long prison sentences. The only thing the Bush administration wants from Castro for returning them is an assurance that he won't have them killed when they return. Sorry, not good enough.

These guys are brave. We are the home of the brave. They belong with us.