Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Stands Against Restoring Mail With Cuba

Reports emerged on Monday that the federal government is considering reopening direct mail service with Cuba. Officials from the Castro regime will be meeting with the State Department on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss reestablishing mail services between the two nations for the first time since in more than 50 years.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., whose family left Cuba due to the communist takeover, weighed in on Monday against the talks.

"There is no reason to have this talk because the ones not complying with the mail accords from years ago are the Castro thugs, Ros-Lehtinen said. The regime is once again manipulating the U.S. administration in this game because it wants us to lift the embargo and make further concessions. Meanwhile, a U.S. citizen languishes unjustly in a Cuban prison and brave freedom Cuban activists are risking their lives while on hunger strikes to protest the island tyranny."