Biden team fumbled early response to Cuban unrest

Published July 18, 2021 4:00am ET



The Biden administration has been far from stellar in its reaction to the unrest in Cuba, but at least its tepid message is improving.

As Biden at first took far too long to comment on the wave of protests against Cuba’s vicious communist regime, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earned justifiable criticism for seeming to deter Cuban refugees while showing outlandish leniency to illegal immigrants from Central America.

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