REP MARIO DIAZ-BALART: We are stopping Cuba from trafficking doctors for profit
A new law authored by me and passed by Congress in February 2026 punishes countries that are complicit in the human trafficking of Cuban doctors by way of the Castro regime’s medical missions abroad. But the doctors themselves see very little of that money. State Department says the regime confiscates the doctors’ passports, forces their families to stay in Cuba as leverage, assigns handlers to watch them and punishes families if a doctor defects.
- ▪A new law authored by me and passed by Congress in February 2026 punishes countries that are complicit in the human trafficking of Cuban doctors by way of the Castro regime’s medical missions abroad.
- ▪But the doctors themselves see very little of that money.
- ▪State Department says the regime confiscates the doctors’ passports, forces their families to stay in Cuba as leverage, assigns handlers to watch them and punishes families if a doctor defects.
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Opinion REP MARIO DIAZ-BALART: We are stopping Cuba from trafficking doctors for profit Several nations are cutting Cuban doctor programs as Congress targets aid for nations that are involved By Mario Diaz-Balart Fox News Published July 5, 2026 7:00am EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Trump’s new Cuba sanctions target foreign enablers of communist regime Former Treasury sanctions official Max Meizlish says the Trump administration is expanding "unprecedented" pressure beyond Cuba itself by threatening foreign banks and companies tied to the island’s military-linked economic empire.
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