Reflection #18

In the Tales of two Islands, the common thread for the countries of Cuba and Haiti are both citizens of these countries are treated maliciously by their government, and are in the quest to find freedom for their families. The Cuban immigration centered on Cuba citizens emigrated to American, specifically Miami, Florida to escape the dictatorship of their former president Batista, but he was later overthrown by Fidel Castro in the 1950’s. Throughout the 1950’s the Castro regime took away freedom from the citizens in Cuba; limiting them to the amenities they once enjoyed. In 1959, an estimated 124,000 Cubans were living in the United States, those who were in exile had fled the country that they once loved; subsequently, many homes were confiscated by the Cuban government. In 1994, President Clinton signed the wet-feet, dry-feet policy for Cuban immigrants; however, the Haitian Immigrants would have to fight for their rights to live in American, prior to what the Cubans had dealt with during the beginning of the Fidel Castro’s regime.
In 1957 after President Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier brutalized the citizens of Haiti, even in 1967 many were executed by the president, after Francois passed his son Jean- Claude resumed his father’s mistreatment of the island people. More than 55, ooo people of Haitian descendants exiled from the Duvalier’s’ governs for the better life in Florida. In September 1981, President Regan signed the Alien Migrant Interdiction Operation, which helped Haitians have temporary placement in the United States. In 1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide became prime minster of Haiti, but was later overthrown.
Throughout the early 1990’s into the late 1990’s laws were placed on the president’s desk, house and senate but later denied. The treatment towards the Cuban community and Haitian community are similar, yet different, and a conflict among Americans, who believe neither, should be given the rights to stay because it is illegal, on the other hand, many believe that this country needs multiple countries of diversity. Either country should resolve the problems that divides, and allow immigrants to have a voice and place in the American society because American was founded by immigrants.