When We, Cubans, Were Refugees. By LISA GARCÍA BEDOLLA

Lisa García Bedolla
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 04:01:36 +0000
Features, Cuban America, migration, Trump

When former President Obama announced the normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations in July 2015, the text I received from my Mexican-born partner was: “how does it feel to be Mexican?” Within that question was a recognition of the inequality that has always been at the center of U.S. immigration policy. Cubans had, until recently, benefited from …