even in Cuba itself and my you know my parents came in nineteen fifty six and and the reality is that they came because there was a lot of instability in Cuba and

not like the exceptional nation that my parents found when I came here from Cuba in nineteen fifty nine and the nation at work so hard for that my that

my dad was in prison in Cuba and fled fifty eight years ago he came because no nation on earth has

tortured the teenager in Q. my father fled Cuba in nineteen fifty seven he came to America I was eighteen he

jobs more opportunity more opportunity for people like my dad who fifty eight years ago fled Cuba with nothing

skills than simply who you know over here and so when my parents came in the fifties %HESITATION made

as as as a teenager and he was tortured in Cuba and any fled Cuba and came to America in nineteen fifty seven he

thousand nine hundred and fifty eight the reason is not to million twenty million or

but it's really difficult nnnnn over fifty percent of my paycheck and i'm an admissions counselor eight and

my hand on the family Bible I couldn't help but think back to nineteen fifty seven nineteen fifty seven my father came

grateful to my parents was a young man will be always one of four children born to Cuban immigrants his parents came to this country in nineteen fifty nine Marco

he fled Batista he came to Texas in nineteen fifty seven couldn't speak English he was eighteen and

they came here and in the early part of the last century %HESITATION your grandfather came here when eighteen ninety nine well

I'd be very happy to let my dad is from Cuba he was born in Cuba and he grew up in Cuba and

social security and get ninety three million Americans back in the labor force and fifty out of poverty fifty million out of poverty we

history I have opportunities in my life my parents could never dream of because they were born in Cuba they came here I was born in this country and