Program change may alter benefits

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Majority of Cuban Americans are Republicans


A change in the way some immigrants from Cuba are processed could deny them certain benefits once they enter the United States, Florida officials said.
BY JUAN O. TAMAYO
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A change in the way that some Cubans' applications for U.S. entry are handled could deny them a broad range of benefits when they arrive in the United States, according to Florida officials.

``If our understanding is correct, this change will have serious unanticipated consequences for the State of Florida and particularly for Miami-Dade County,'' the state Department of Children and Families wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services has already identified more than 3,200 cases that will be affected, DCF Secretary George Sheldon wrote in the Nov. 22 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.


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