Family Quote by Jennine Capó Crucet

My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why…

— Rafael Palmeiro

My grandparents and my mom came from Cuba back in the '60s because they were fleeing from communism and Castro. I wouldn't be here…

— Lauren Jauregui

I left Cuba when I was two years old. They took away my country, they stole the most intimate thing a human being can…

— Gloria Estefan

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

— Rafael Palmeiro

My story is the American dream that my parents fled Cuba for.

— Perez Hilton

Both my parents came with their parents during the revolution in Cuba. Both my parents were born in Cuba. They left everything over there.…

— Dominik Garcia-Lorido

I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to Cuba, I'd…

— Assata Shakur

I grew up in Florida, and I have a lot of friends, close friends, who are Cuban-Americans, and I have heard the stories of…

— GloZell

My parents brought my sister and me to the United States to escape the communist takeover of Cuba. They sought to build their life…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

It is charming the way everyone in the South says, 'Come back.' This is the regulation farewell at gas stations, soda fountains, general stores,…

— Martha Gellhorn

My grandparents and my parents came over from Cuba with nothing to their name just for a chance of freedom and opportunity.

— Eddy Alvarez

My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.

— Ted Cruz