Florida’s Cubans, once a protected class, face new immigration threats

For years, Cubans who arrived in the United States were treated differently from other immigrants. Many were quickly allowed to stay. They obtained work permits and became residents without a long wait.

They even found a path to citizenship more easily than others. Credit the special treatment to a holdover from the Cold War, when U.S.



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