He , and many others, may not realize that the ONLY way they can enter the U.S. is to claim Asylum. THERE IS NO LINE to apply for citizenship. There is a lottery for some. That's it. There is no application, review, verification, and then admittance. NONE! They are barred from this country unless they are successful in a claim for Asylum.

But he got taken care of because we had a special provision created for Cubans. No one else. Just Cubans.

helping the migrant families and have an immigration lawyer come to help her. That is the sad part.

that helps immigrant families navigate the legal system. Lopez told the girl that they would get her a lawyer if she needed one. But the girl was inconsolable."

That's in the WaPo article.

Thank you for pointing that out.

She had already been ratted out by Mr. Gonzalez and was being sent back to the government run torture chamber. Of coarse she was hysterical.

As reported in the Washington Post article cited in the OP:

From the article:

"Gonzalez said he’s glad he told the officers where to find the girl."

That is why she was inconsolable: she was going back to the hell she was trying to escape from.

after what he did. Karma Baby!

with no family. It was a hard decision. ... “But it breaks my heart to see mothers and fathers divided from their children. Families should be together all the time.”

A 15-year-old girl without friends, family, or home alone on the streets of an alien city? What would you have done? For real?

Homestead that don't involve instant criminal designation or incarceration.

other than giving her back to the government.

children with their parents.

& asked them what I should do.

Ironically enough, Cubans, for years, enjoyed a special status in the US because our fight against the USSR and Communism in the Cold War.

Cuban refugees simply needed to get their feet on dry land and they were allowed to stay and pursue permanent residency after a year. This is one of the things that gave us Elian Gonzalez. Obama revoked this policy as he normalized relations with Cuba.

My personal observation having lived in Miami (Homestead is not far from Miami) is Miami-Cubans looked down on other Hispanics. I'm not saying this motivated the Trump supporter in this instance. I do not know that man or his thoughts. I'm also not saying it didn't influence the Trump supporter either. Trump supporters do seem to have a racist, us-vs-them, bent.

Good on President Obama.

They both took the same risks, and many died. I always felt the Haitians were fleeing worse circumstances than the Cubans.

I'm sure Cuba isn't great for everyone. But Haiti looks like it's miserable for everyone, everywhere.

Are the kind of people who go to theatres producing The Diary of Anne Frank just so they can yell "She's in the attic!"

But you said it better and briefer.

It's safer for her inside? Maybe. Or maybe he sent her back to a rapist.

This Trumpszoid probably thinks they’re now“muy bueno”.

the rules" says the asshole who, by virtue of being from Cuba only had to set foot on dry land in the US and was then immediately accepted and able to get all types of government benefits unavailable to the rest of the world. Good thinking there Sparky.

Or, maybe you could win one of the very few lottery numbers? Not likely.

and the criminal family in miami be Allowed to keep him.

"the United States Congress passed the Cuban Adjustment Act in 1966. The Cuban Refugee Program provided more than $1.3 billion of direct financial assistance. They also were eligible for public assistance, Medicare, free English courses, scholarships, and low-interest college loans.[citation needed]

Some banks pioneered loans for exiles who did not have collateral or credit but received help in getting a business loan. These loans helped many Cuban Americans to secure funds and start up their own businesses. With their Cuban-owned businesses and low cost of living, Miami, Florida and Union City, New Jersey (dubbed Havana on the Hudson)[5][6] were the preferred destinations for many immigrants and soon became the main centers for Cuban American culture."


I guess some Hispanics are more equal than others...

Fuck you, you useless piece of shit. The “rules” for you guys weren’t much more than “show up and you’re good.”

Sanctimonious prick needs his nose broken.

Traitor evil pos.

Yelp reviews posted today:

Since you have NO compassion for kids, you don't deserve anyone's business.

bunch of boot licking scum here, collaborators.

the owner would turn over a lost child to the gestopo

this place is owned by the type of people who call the cops on crying children and who think immigrants should be locked in camps-

The owner is a piece of shit. He's full of hate, a coward and a snitch. The worst kind of person.

Vile bootlicking scum. Ruined the life of a young girl fleeing a detention center. The owner is an absolute danger to his community. Don't support this collaborator trash.

And on and on....

even a sympathetic person would have been in serious trouble had they not called it in.

and calling an immigrant advocacy group not an option? JFC, I would have gladly wrapped this young woman in love and safety. What have we become?

that helps immigrant families navigate the legal system. Lopez told the girl that they would get her a lawyer if she needed one. But the girl was inconsolable."

That monster deserves to lose his business. Fuck him.

Are you serious?

But it is very scary what Trump and his goons and supporters are doing right now.

I SHOULDN’T call the police?

The ACLU represents these children in court. They could have advised him how to proceed.

They called Nora Sandigo, the head of a local nonprofit organization that helps immigrant families navigate the legal system.

http://norasandigochildrenfoundation.org/

The call to the police was allegedly from an anonymous caller, but it appears pretty likely it was Mr. Gonzalez.


From the article:

"Gonzalez said he’s glad he told the officers where to find the girl."

What the government is doing to these kids is a crime against humanity. How could you live with yourself if you were a party to sending her back to that?

How about calling the ACLU, who represents these kids in court, or an immigrant rights group? How about getting her some food and water?

The US is the place she risked her life in order to get to.

Yes, her life in Honduras was no doubt hard, if not quite dangerous. But she had her family with her and was not locked up.

Easy to talk about getting papers and following the rules when they don't apply to you and yours. Easy to say 'wait your turn' when his people go immediately to the front of the line and get to bypass most of the rules.

The "I got mine, fuck you" mentality is disgusting.

of all Republicans and the vast majority of Florida Cubans are Republicans.

Cuban-American registered voters have been shifting toward the Democratic Party for more than a decade.

and them shifting is good, but this guy? I doubt very much that he's anything other than what he appears to be.

It seems like it's 60-40 and narrowing.

I was not up to date on my statistics. Sorry I'm not a pollster.

who are not hard core republican.

danged if you do or danged if you don't moments.

fuck Gonzalez. Although a 15-year-old girl on the street would be a tragedy waiting to happen. So as much as I hate to say it, she is 'safer' in detention "American Dream" Gonzales? God damn, a conservative person can rationalize any goddamn thing. I bet he doesn't give a damn about the separation policy of trump either, many many Cubans in Florida are very conservative. Gonzalez is just saying something that sounds right. I won't start with the different colours of brown people situation that Cuba has always had. Like Brazil, the lighter the brown the more upper class they are thought to be and like Amerikan whites, hateful to the darker skins. Real brown? Well, I know all about that too.