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To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 9 months ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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[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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68% of Cubans supported Trump in the last election.

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[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's because the single issue that a lot of Cuban-Americans vote on is "fuck the Castros". Make the appropriate noises about fucking the Castros, and they'll ignore everything else. El Taco was pretty open about fucking everyone who wasn't Russia or a billionaire, so they heard "fuck the Castros" and ignored the "and you too".

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[–] kometes@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Don't forget the Bay if Pigs fiasco was under a Democratic administration. Spanish language talk radio in Florida brings this up often....

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 9 months ago

It is also machismo. I would argue more so. Empathy is seen as a weakness by and large by the community.

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