Cubans Flee to Florida - Bennett Copley 8th

Since October, over 3500 Cubans have made it to the mainland of the United States, allowing them to legally stay in the country, or have been picked up by Coast Guard and returned to Cuba, numbers not scene since the balsero exodus in the '90s. They flee from poor living conditions in their home country to a hopefully better life in America, similar to refugees from eastern Europe in the first half of the 20th century, fleeing poor conditions in warring countries and hoping to find opportunity in America, but they were often greeted harshly by nativists, who ironically were simply the descendants of other immigrants. Cuban immigrants are also treated harshly, as Cubans are lumped into the generalized "definition" (more-so presumtion) of "South America" where "they come to take our jobs from," but most people who aren't generally insensitive and ignorant accept them graciously and welcome them to the country.