Media Wakes Up to Rafters' Ordeal

Looks like the media has finally responded with a front-page spread in today's Miami Herald on the rafters' return to Cuba for not picking the right bridge to wait on.

Similarly, the community and its representatives in Washington appears to be responding with sadness and disgust at the U.S. government's latest decision to repatriate the rafters. The above-linked article quotes strong comments from Lincoln-Diaz Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Mel Martinez. Miami Mayor Manny Diaz even joined in. Ramon Saul Sanchez, leader of the local Democracy Movement, is on a hunger strike until the policy is changed.

Could this be the straw that breaks the camel's back? Will this event finally force Washington to seriously consider repealing the ridiculous wet foot/dry foot?

If not now, then never.