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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Cuban dancers granted asylum |
| 2005-07-23 |
| take first step toward citizenship LAS VEGAS (AP) - Clutching Social Security applications and asylum authorization letters, a troupe of performers entered a federal office here Friday as one of the largest groups of Cubans ever to defect to the United States. ...snip... Yahima Elias, a 25-year-old singer, said she intends to become a citizen, but first intended to get her Social Security number. "This day means for me the beginning of a new life," Elias said. "Finally we exist in the United States. This means everything is possible if you fight hard." |
| Posted by:Throck Sloluth2577 |
| #5 Did you see those girls. The customs guys were all about letting those salsa cuties in!! |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2005-07-23 17:17 |
| #4 Aren't they worried about our sub-standard health care system? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-07-23 13:52 |
| #3 See, when ya do it leagal like, nobody really gives a rat's ass. When you sneak in like a rat, everyone wants to stomp you. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-07-23 11:46 |
| #2 No risk entry, I'd rather keep the tubers. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-23 10:23 |
| #1 Welcome. Note that these people did the paperwork, crossing Ts and dotting Is, and are here legally. Unlike several million others. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-07-23 09:57 |