Under a 1966 law,Cubans who move to the US are provided a rapidly track to residency. Those who call the policy unfair don’t understand Cuba’s history, says a man who helps with their transitionAs whether it were promoting tourist excursions, or a banner above a bureau de change by a border crossing in Laredo offers bus trips to some of the region’s most notable landmarks: its immigrant detention centres.
But the spectre of incarceration is not a worry for the growing numbers of migrants who mount the steps to Alejandro Ruizs office above the money exchange,just along from a fried chicken joint and a garish pawn shop. His patrons are Cuban and they devour a special status that contrasts with the way that Mexican and Central American asylum-seekers are treated by US authorities.
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Source: theguardian.com