American Quote by Perez Hilton

Being a first-generation Cuban American, my story represents the American Dream.

— Eddy Alvarez

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place…

— Marco Rubio

My mother made the courageous decision to flee a tyrannized Cuba in the 1950s and bring her children to the United States, where I…

— Bob Menendez

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

My parents fled from a Cuban dictatorship in search of freedom. Growing up, I saw my parents struggle... I am here today because of…

— Alexander Acosta

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.

— William Levy

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

My story is the American Dream, a hundred percent.

— Jeremy Scott

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 family came to the United States in pursuit of the American dream.

— Young Kim

Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way of life…

— Mel Martinez

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

— Ted Cruz