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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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[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (7 children)

My mother was never a landlord in Cuba and she hates Comunism regardless. She blames the hardships of her youth and current family on the castros, which I agree with, as they let corruption run rampart and imprison/kill their own citizenry. Hell I can't even post a picture of my cousin after he got out of forced military training (2 years ago) due to fears that the goberment may pay my family a visit.

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Are you suggesting that corruption wasn't an issue under Batista? Why do you blame communism but not the embargo thats designed to cripple an economy and force "hardships" for your mothers "hardships?"

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[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No. I don't blame comunism, it's just another lie they got told to be exploited. The US embargo also has fault yes but in the end of the day one Cuban has to make the choice of how what they have gets distributed and I assure you none of the castros are skipping a meal. It's not all black or white bloody hell.

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 point 9 months ago

thanks for elaborating.

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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I assure you none of the castros are skipping a meal.

No US president has ever missed a meal either. I guess the two systems have a lot in common.

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[+] Riverside@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Same thing I'd say about your side of the argument. But I am the one here with family still in Cuba and they can still tell me their hardships. You will never sway someone onto comunism when that very same word has been used to extract wealth from them for decades.