Statement by Mitt Romney on the Obama Administration's Decision to Allow Raul Castro's Daughter to Travel to the United States

Mitt Romney today made the following statement on the Obama Administration's decision to allow Raul Castro's daughter to travel to the United States:

"I am greatly disturbed by the Obama Administration's decision to allow Mariel Castro, daughter of Raul Castro, to travel to the United States. We shouldn't be extending an open hand to a regime engaged in the systematic and flagrant denial of basic human rights. While the Cuban regime engages in a fierce crackdown on dissent and continues to unjustly imprison one of our own citizens, Alan Gross, the Obama Administration should not be welcoming the daughter of a dictator. The United States should be standing up for those on the island who are risking their very lives fighting for freedom."