부산대학교 도서관

The article summarizes the report from the National Lawyers Guild's Cuba Subcommittee. Most Guild members are aware of the tightened U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba and scores are actively involved in defending or counseling U.S. travelers to Cuba. At the 2004 Guild convention in Birmingham, the Cuba Subcommittee presented a workshop on policy issues and practical working session to provide updates on the recent changes in the regulations and attempts at enforcement. In response to a crackdown on travel to Cuba by the U.S. government in 2001, the Guild, with the Center for Constitutional Rights organized the "Wall of Lawyers" (WOL), a nation-wide network of lawyers willing to represent travelers targeted by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for travel to Cuba. A few cases have been initiated before administrative law judges as the five-year statute of limitations was about to run, but otherwise almost all OFAC action has been focused on sending expedited offers to settle cases for $1,000 each, even though most of these have never been processed even to the point of asserting probable cause that a violation existed, via a Pre-Penalty notice. INSET: Defending Cuba and the Cuban Five.