liljizbaby t1_jdara7c wrote on March 23, 2023 at 1:19 AM

> Many of an estimated 300,000 Cubans who left for the United States last year - nearly 3% of the island's population - remain on the voting rolls, he said.

Holy shit is this accurate? I figured it was a few thousand, that’s insane.

tsloteconomist t1_jdaz3yt wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:17 AM

There’s no way that’s accurate. The U.S. has about 1 million immigrants annually and Mexico is the biggest source of immigrants to the U.S.

Sunkenking97 t1_jdb1av1 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:34 AM

Asylum vs immigrant calculated differently I guess?

Quadrenaro t1_jdba1x8 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:46 AM

^ My best friend growing up was Cuban. And the US tracks legal vs illegal immigration separately.

700k immigrated to the US legally last year.

MonitorStandard3534 t1_jdcfmxe wrote on March 23, 2023 at 12:19 PM

Whenever the State Department sets their cap for annual refugees, they earmark 50% or more of the Latin American applicants just for Cuba. This to ensure that they can be used as a Cold War talking point and that the majority of refugees fleeing from US backed states like Honduras, Guatemala or El Salvador don't come in such large numbers to influence US anti-communist foreign policy goals even though these countries have around 600,000 people trying to escape from these narco-states.

Glittering-Jello-935 t1_jdba28w wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:47 AM

300k were intercepted at the border after coming through Honduras. Biden revoked their exception to immigration limits in January because of the wave