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Cubans started immigrating to Florida in 1965. -
In 1985 the Cubans had finally arrived in America. -
Florida was the main region of cubans 35,776 cubans had ended up in florida in 1985
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The cubans immigrated mainly for economic reasons such as the great depression sugar prices and farm labor contracts, others had immigrated because they were supporters of the ousted batista government.
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in 1990 34,555 cubans had immigrated over to the U.S, that is 33% of the cuban population. since then it has only gone down but there are still many cubans migrating in 2015.
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There were four waves of the cuban immigration and the 4th wave lasted from 1993-1995
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in 2000 34% of Florida consisted of Cubans.
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most of the cubans were very undernourished but they were also welcomed in to the U.S
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in 2013 president barack obama lifted limits on settlements and U.S. limitations on family travel.
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The get through three of the "Cuban Five" spies calm in prison in the U.S. are traded for a U.S. spy in the slammer in Cuba.