Not everyone who came over in the Mariel boatlift was a criminal. (You probably already know this, but I didn't until recently). A guy was here last year doing some plumbing work for me and we got to chatting, and I asked him where he was from (he had a heavy accent). Cuba he told me. He had come over in the Mariel boatlift he said. I was kind of shocked, (I was alone in the house with this guy while he was working on my sink--he was a licensed plumber).
He told me that he was indeed in prison in Cuba, but was put in there for talking against the government...when he was 17 years old! So, while I know there were alot of run of the mill baddies, I wonder how many were political prisoners? BTW he was VERY conservative.
susie
Thanks. I believe I heard about that in the past but it is a point worth making.