A House subcommittee is exposing the Transportation Security Administration’s decision to let Cuban agents visit a U.S. airport and tour agency facilities, a potentially embarrassing episode for the Biden administration as polls show Latino voters are up for grabs in the 2024 election.
Rep. Carlos Giminez, R-Fla., the chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, has scheduled a hearing Wednesday titled “Protecting the Homeland - Examining TSA's Relationships with U.S. Adversaries” that will focus heavily on the episode a few weeks ago at the Miami airport that has drawn widespread condemnation, particularly in the Cuban ex-pat community in America.
U.S. officials have confirmed that a delegation from the Communist government of Cuba, hosted by TSA, was given a tour of Miami International Airport (MIA) and a meeting at TSA headquarters in the nation’s capital.
“Not only were representatives of a dictatorial regime designated by the U.S. State Department as a State Sponsor of Terrorism welcomed to TSA sites – as well as TSA Headquarters in D.C. – but the agency also decided not to notify the airport or Congress in advance,” Giminez told Just the News. “Even more concerning, the visit took place on the 122nd celebration of Cuban Independence Day, an extremely significant date for the Cuban exile community.