Years ago, I dated a Chilean lady whose parents had illegally immigrated out of the country right after the fall of Allende. It kind of made the whole situation personal for me.


The thing that ticks me off the most though is the fact that if a Cuban touches the US they are automatically a citizen, but anyone else who is trying to escape death squads and soul grinding poverty isn't.

I know several nationalized aliens who back before they had their citizenship and were illegal were planning on claiming they were Cuban if they ever got caught by the INS.