February 16, 2005

SHHH...Keep it under your hat.

Dont tell Michele Malkin.

From NewsMax:

1980 Mariel Boat Lift Detainees Released

Nearly 150 Cuban refugees convicted of crimes and imprisoned in the years following the 1980 Mariel boat lift have been released, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

The Miami Herald, citing an unnamed federal official, reported that at least 147 Mariel convicts have been released since last month's Supreme Court decision that found the indefinite detention of illegal immigrants is unconstitutional.

Cuban president Fidel Castro in 1980 sent criminals and psychiatric patients to U.S. shores from the port of Mariel, along with thousands of other fleeing Cubans. Some of the refugees were convicted of crimes in the United States.

About 600 Mariel convicts remain in prisons and jails nationwide, said Manny Van Pelt, spokesman for the federal Department of Homeland Security. Most are expected to be released in the next few months, he said.

Im double checking my locks tonight before turning in.

Posted by Val Prieto at February 16, 2005 07:42 AM



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Geez, 25 years for those guys. I wonder how many of them actually did anything worthy of that kind of sentence. I wasn't aware that any of the Class of 1980 were still behind bars (or fences).

Posted by: Murel Bailey at February 16, 2005 04:24 PM

There are murderers in this country that don't get 25 years, so to say this is harsh is an understatment. Not one of our country's prouder moments in my mind.

Posted by: Kathleen at February 16, 2005 11:17 PM

I hope these guys realize that this is their big Second Chance and don't blow it this time. Bueno suerte.

Posted by: A.M. Mora y Leon at February 16, 2005 11:51 PM

How many people who check in to a Cuban prison manage to ever check out? I think they're still better off having spent that time here than there.

Posted by: Jay at February 17, 2005 08:53 AM

Maybe so, Jay, but one of the unwritten principles of America is that we can do better than that. This is an embarassment.

Posted by: Murel Bailey at February 18, 2005 06:24 PM