Today in the Senate.

Now we have a Cuban to whom we should write about the nullification of the dry foot wet foot regulation. Emilio T. Gonzalez, from Miami, was chosen for the top immigration jon and will appear today Tuesday 18th, before the U.S. Senate to seek confirmation as head of a Homeland Security immigration unit, after President Bush nominated him to direct the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. If confirmed, he will follow the steps of another Cuban exile, Eduardo Aguirre from Houston, who was the USCIS' first director after Sept 11 2001. Mr Aguirre is now the U.S. ambassador to Spain.
González graduated from the University of South Florida, class of 1977 with a bachelor's degree in international relations. An army colonel with a long career, he taught at West Point and has served as military attaché at the U.S. embassies in Mexico and El Salvador.After serving in the Southern Command, he obtained a master's degree in Latin American studies at Tulane University and a Ph.D in international affairs at the University of Miami. Where he graduated with a dissertation analyzing the Salvadoran military institutions. Interestingly -and heartwrenchingly for kagasstro- González wrote an essay titled: "The Cuban Connection: Drug Trafficking and the Castro Regime".
In 2002, González became a director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council. With such background, let's see if Mr. Gonzalez changes the President's mind in relationship with the balseros, that's long overdue. Do away with the dry foot wet foot regulation, Emilio!