ISS 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wet Feet, Dry Feet Policy, Mariel Boatlift, Fidel Castro
6 Dec 2017
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Hispanic population 54 million in the us (some 17% of the u. s. population), and is the nation"s largest ethnic or racial minority. (today 1/8th of the american pop is of spanish or latin. Panethnicity: the development of solidarity between ethnic subgroups. Increase in immigration followed fidel castro assumption of power after 1959 cuban revolution. 1st after the missile crisis in 62. *castro used carter"s invitation to send prison inmates, patients from mental hospitals, & addicts (though most immigrants were not) *49% of all cuban americans live in the miami area. Us ( dry foot ) to remain while those picked up at sea ( wet foot ) are sent back to cuba.
