Valley Central - South Texas congressmen back bill to end special treatment for Cuban migrants

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Two Texas congressmen have introduced legislation to repeal a preferential law that grants Cubans automatic permanent residence if they set foot on U.S. soil.

Republican Blake Farenthold and Democrat Henry Cuellar said Wednesday that the number of Cubans who've entered Texas in the past few months is up 60 percent.

Farenthold says President Barack Obama is restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba so the immigration preferential treatment given to Cubans who enter the U.S. no longer makes sense.

The Texas congressmen introduced the Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens act a day after Obama wrapped up a historic visit to the communist nation.

The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 has allowed Cubans able to reach U.S. soil to gain residence -- while those intercepted at sea have been turned back.

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