Ah yes, very inspiring—how your family heroically escaped dictatorship only for you to side with one here. Freedom for me, but not for thee. Got it.
Ah yes, very inspiring—how your family heroically escaped dictatorship only for you to side with one here. Freedom for me, but not for thee. Got it.
And spare me the exile story if you’re just going to weaponize it while denying someone else the same chance your family had. That’s not patriotism. That’s cowardice in a guayabera.
And spare me the exile story if you’re just going to weaponize it while denying someone else the same chance your family had. That’s not patriotism. That’s cowardice in a guayabera.
If you’re cheering Trump as he deports non-criminal immigrants, or sitting silent while he tears families apart—just know this: you’ve become the person your abuela warned you about.
If you’re cheering Trump as he deports non-criminal immigrants, or sitting silent while he tears families apart—just know this: you’ve become the person your abuela warned you about.
You fled a communist dictatorship. They’re fleeing violence, corruption, poverty, authoritarianism. You wanted a future. So do they. What’s the difference?
You fled a communist dictatorship. They’re fleeing violence, corruption, poverty, authoritarianism. You wanted a future. So do they. What’s the difference?
But what I won’t do is sit quietly while Cuban Americans, who know what that desperation feels like, now turn their backs on immigrants seeking the exact same thing.
But what I won’t do is sit quietly while Cuban Americans, who know what that desperation feels like, now turn their backs on immigrants seeking the exact same thing.
Those stories are everywhere here. You can’t grow up in Miami without them. They’re about fear, repression, poverty—about risking it all for a shot at freedom. I respect that. I carry that.
Those stories are everywhere here. You can’t grow up in Miami without them. They’re about fear, repression, poverty—about risking it all for a shot at freedom. I respect that. I carry that.