Reply #144: Anyone who bothers to check the papers in Florida was aware of Caribbean migration long ago, right?

[Judi Lynn]

Not only do they come here from other islands, they go to other islands, too.

I've noticed, checking The Miami Herlad that they sometimes get in trouble at sea trying to get from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, and from the islands to Central American countries. Many people learned a long time ago Haitians have been going to Cuba for years, and have a very substantial population there, even with their own radio station, etc.

It's unbearable hearing people who haven't bothered to become informed on these matters bellowing their opinions which are woefully flawed, twisted, bizarre, since they don't relate to reality. Anyone with a sense of self-respect wouldn't want to make a total fool of himself again and again.

The part about risking their lives, when some of the people washing up in Miami have come from as far away as 700 MILES only to be chased down and imprisoned, then deported while Cubans stay, and are given automatic legal status, green card, social security, food stamps, US taxpayer-financed Section 8 housing, medical treatment, financial assistance for education, etc., etc., etc. is almost too hideous to consider. If those same people who keep getting deported were offered all those benefits, we would have been so crowded in this country with immigrants taking even GREATER chances than the 90 mile trip from Cuba, we'd be packed like sardines in our country!