NNB News : Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Cuba

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d))
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless,
within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration, the
President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to
the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in
effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I
have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed
notice stating that the national emergency with respect to Cuba that
was declared on March 1, 1996, in Proclamation 6867, as amended by
Proclamation 7757 on February 26, 2004, Proclamation 9398 on February
24, 2016, and Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018, is to continue in
effect beyond March 1, 2020.

It continues to be United States policy that a mass migration from
Cuba would endanger the security of the United States by posing a
disturbance or threatened disturbance of the international relations of
the United States. The Cuban government has not demonstrated that it
will refrain from the use of excessive force against United States
vessels or aircraft that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful
protest north of Cuba. Further, the unauthorized entry of United
States-registered vessels into Cuban territorial waters continues to
be detrimental to United States foreign policy and counter to
the purpose of Executive Order 12807 of May 24, 1992, which is to
ensure, among other things, safe, orderly, and legal migration. The
possibility of large-scale unauthorized entries of
United States-registered vessels would disturb the international
relations of the United States by facilitating a possible mass migration
of Cuban nationals. For these reasons, I have determined that it is
necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to
Cuba and the emergency authority relating to the regulation of the
anchorage and movement of vessels set out in Proclamation 6867, as
amended by Proclamation 7757, Proclamation 9398, and Proclamation 9699.