Cuban immigration?

Question

i am not offending no cubans ;; but what do you call them when they come to america like immigtraion? i think its balseros is it??

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Answer 1

Balseros is not nice.  

My family went from Cuba to Spain and then to USA.  They have never been in a balsa (little boat).

They are called Cuban-Americans.

That simple.

Answer 2

"balseros" refers to those who have crossed the Florida straits illegally - "rafters" would probably be the English translation.

It used to be that the Cuban media referred to them as "gusanos", whilst their relatives still in Cuba called them "mi querido tio" ...

Answer 3

Most political motivations rather ecomonic issue

I show  what happend

The Mariel Boatlift was a mass movement of Cubans who departed from Cuba's Mariel Harbor for the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980.

The boatlift was precipitated by a sharp downturn in the Cuban economy, leading to simmering internal tensions on the island and a bid by up to 10,000 Cubans to gain asylum in the Peruvian embassy.

The Cuban government subsequently announced that anyone who wanted to leave could do so, and an impromptu exodus organized by Cuban-Americans with the agreement of Cuban President Fidel Castro was underway.

The boatlift began to have negative political implications for U.S. President Jimmy Carter when it was discovered that a number of the exiles had been released from Cuban jails and mental health facilities. The exodus was ended by mutual agreement between the two governments in October 1980. By that time up to 125,000 Cubans had made the journey to Florida.