Reply #5: Not quite. [View All]

[Mika]

"Remember that many of these exiles are good repuke supporters."


If I remembered that, I would be remembering something that isn't true.

Uncommon sense..

chart from www.opensecrets.org



There is a firestorm over this drug importation story in Miami. The hard core "exile" minority is dead against this.. because in their minds it represents support for the Cuban government (not to mention the obvious about the socialized health care system w/drugs in Cuba).


Underrepresented by the US media, the MAJORITY of Cuban-Americans support ending the sanctions against Cuba (and Americans). The extremist minority of hard core anti Castro-ites seem to catch all of the press, and we uninformed Americans end up mistakenly believing that they represent the entire expatriate Cuban community. Don't fall for that line of BS.

The majority of Cuban immigrants coming to America do so for the same reason that immigrants from all over the Latin Americas come to America.. more money/jobs, not a hatred of the socialist government in Cuba (as exemplified by their purchases of Cuban meds on return trips to Cuba). Plus, despite the fact that the US offers over 20,000 legal immigration visas to Cubans who legally qualify, the US 'wet foot/ dry foot' policy allows ALL CUBAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS TO STAY AND WORK W/GREEN CARD WITHOUT A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK. An illegal immigrant's dream.