House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is scheduled to return to Washington, D.C., next week following treatment for blood cancer, his office announced Thursday.
The U.S. is telling the Cuban people not to try to make it to America by boat.WESH 2 s Gail Paschall-Brown spoke to one man with connections to the country, who says staying put and protesting may prove to be just as dangerous.Related: Floridians with strong ties to Cuba are calling this protest the most important in decadesHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayokras says Cubans protesting against their government should not attempt to reach the United States by boat. They put their lives in tremendous peril. Just in the last few weeks we have seen approximately 20 people lose their lives by taking to the sea, Mayokras said.Dr. Orlando Gutierrez Boronat, who was born in Cuba, is the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance coordinator. We ask our people not to fall into the trap of a mass exodus, manipulated and controlled by the communist regime, Boronat said. His organization is a coalition of pro-democracy groups inside and outside of Cuba dedicated to the liberation of