Yup, bet they even passed a law about it.
Probably called it something like, oh I don’t know, maybe, the Cuban Adjustment Act, something like that.
Got a site for that, that won’t get me laughed out of GD, or the pit?
CMC fnord!
Cubans are asylees. Refugees are people like from Burundi or Kosovo (crossed a national border fleeing war or humanitarian disaster).
Suuuuuurreeee, pick on the new guy
Excellent point. Never really thought of the word “refugee” in those terms.
Well, there’s this:
http://www.murthy.com/news/UDhist1.html
And there’s this, which is an overview of immigration statutes:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/legishist/index.htm
Make sure you check the “Act of March 3, 1875”, which is summarized:
Better that being ignored! Welcome to the boards!
Captain Amazing a super-hero, and a scholar, T’anks!
CMC fnord!
Another American tradition is the concept that an “immigrant” is somebody who got here after you did.