HRES 136
116th Congress
House
International Affairs
Brazil
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Health personnel
Human rights
Human trafficking
International organizations and cooperation
Labor standards
Latin America
Wages and earnings
World health
Affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.
Introduced: February 14, 2019
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Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This resolution expresses the House of Representatives's sense that Cuba is engaging in state-sponsored human trafficking through Mais Medicos, a Brazilian government program that brings doctors from other countries, including Cuba, to serve in Brazil. The resolution also urges the Department of State to downgrade Cuba to Tier 3 in its annual Trafficking in Persons report and to reestablish the Cuban Medical Professionals Parole program, which allowed certain Cuban medical personnel in countries other than Cuba to apply for parole to enter the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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