Relevant excerpt, emphasis is mine:
Rubio’s maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, immigrated to the U.S. legally in 1956, but returned to Cuba to find work in 1959. When he fled communist Cuba and returned to the U.S. in 1962 without a visa, he was detained as an undocumented immigrant and an immigration judge ordered him to be deported. Immigration officials reversed their decision later that day, the deportation order was not enforced, and Garcia was given a legal status of “parolee” that allowed him to stay in the U.S. Garcia re-applied for permanent resident status in 1966 following passage of the Cuban Adjustment Act, at which point his residency was approved. Rubio enjoyed a close relationship with his grandfather during his childhood.
Something shady happened, y’all.
Prime example of “fuck you, i got mine”
Republicans don’t care about the past. That’s why they are currently trying to repeat Germany 1933.
More like Italy in the 1920s onwards. All Nazis are fascists, but not all fascists are Nazis.
For example, Nazis were big into public works projects and pretending to be socialists, both of which are anathema to the current American Fascist Party/GOP
Edit to clarify: I’m not saying that the MAGA cult aren’t as bad as Nazis, in case there’s any doubt. They’re just a different shit flavor of fascists that are roughly as evil and deranged as the Nazis, Italian fascists, and Franco’s fascists
So will Trump deport him or shoot him?
That depends. Did he stop kissing his ring?
Frankly, if there was a transsexual M13 member that illegally crossed the border, murdering several border guards and in her way ate a cat, as long as she would express support of trump she wouldn’t have anything to worry about.
Rules for thee, not for me.
Marco reading Wikipedia: awkwardly takes a sip of water.
Daaaaaang, yo. 🔥
Something
shadyhappened, y’all.How is the Cuban Missile Crisis associated with Pedro Victor Garcia’s deportation order being overruled on the same day?
The embargo and blockade of Cuba and the US’s stance on asylum for anyone fleeing communist countries. I’m not sure when the asylum policy was put in place but the sentiment had to be there before or was implemented. “Better dead than red” was common saying from the time and later.
I think I get what you’re saying, but as far as I can tell, policy with that sentiment wasn’t in place until ~4 years later. This dude was set to be deported as ordered by an immigration judge in Miami, then it was mysteriously overturned without any public explanation. It is unbelievable to me that an immigration judge in Miami in 1962 was not aware of a policy that gave Cubans residency for being here.
So the immigration event was a precurser to the Cuban missile crisis?
Obviously no. The immigration event is an effect caused by the crisis. I do appreciate the logic though
That’s odd, considering the immigration was before the crisis by about a month and a half.
I always find it really odd when people flee “communist” states. They certainly weren’t communist then, and I would appreciate if they wouldnt be called that way…
No different than places which call themselves democratic.
