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To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers (www.nytimes.com)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53774138

[Trump] has repatriated more than 1,600 Cubans in 2025, according to the Cuban government. That is about double the number of Cubans who were repatriated in 2024. And in the years that Mr. Trump has been president, he has sent more Cubans back than his three predecessors.

Families, businesses and communities that once felt removed from or immune to immigration enforcement now must face it head-on. Some Floridians worry that these deportations could stain the state’s proud Cuban identity, turning older immigrants against newer ones.

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[–] SecretSauces@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hold on, let me find my tiniest fiddle.

Most Cuban families came illegally. So much so that it was a joke, "fresh off the boat" and all that. I have no sympathy for them. They got what they voted for.

"Oh, they only voted for him because he said he would only go after the criminals"... Yeah, doesn't take a Master's Degree in Psychology or Political Science to see her was lying and that it was just an excuse to demonize and go after all immigrant communities. Especially because the rest of us were shouting SO LOUDLY that he would do exactly this.

Oh hey! Here's my fiddle. Let me play you the tiniest sad song.

*Edited a few things. It was very early and my brain wasn't fully turned on.