Western Kentucky University has a unique connection to Cuba.

Twenty-five of the twenty-six Democrats who declared their candidacy for the presidential primary nomination have made statements in support of lifting U.S. trade and travel restrictions on Cuba.

Senator Patrick Leahy and Representatives Jim McGovern and Tom Emmer will introduce legislation today in the House and on Monday in the Senate to lift all restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba.

Watch Engage Cuba VP Jim Bialick discuss the consequences of the new travel restrictions on Cuba.

24 out of 25 candidates have made statements in support of a policy of engagement with Cuba. Senator Cory Booker has not yet stated a public position.

Now 23 of the 25 Democratic candidates have publicly supported engagement with Cuba.

As the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates prepare to take the debate stage for the first time in Miami on Wednesday and Thursday, Engage Cuba calls on the candidates to articulate their plans for improving U.S. policy toward Cuba.

On June 5, new rules went into effect, but there are still many ways for Americans to legally go to Cuba.

Jim Bialick, Vice President of Engage Cuba, debates the new travel restrictions and broader U.S.-Cuba policy with a panel of experts.

Experts say the Cuban government’s income from cruise visits is not significant, but new restrictions will instead affect a vulnerable sector of private entrepreneurs that the Trump administration claims to support.