Cubans move to the US because they want to make more money. "Refugee" implies they are fleeing from political repression or physical danger.
Could you explain why this point is so important for you to distinguish between refugee and immigrant? Is this all about political correctness? Also it would be nice if you would at least address some points I discussed earlier. I will try and break it down.
One can be both an immigrant and a refugee, like the Cubans. The dictionary says,
immigrant - a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
There still gross gross violations in Cuba and one of the main problems with Cuba and the United States is the
human rights violations (look it up)
... not that they believe and follow Communism (which being allied with the Soviet Union was the problem of the past). There are persecutions, and so they are refugees.
Would you risk death and get on a rickety old raft just to make more money? They want a better life (all the facets of life not just money).
like I said before that you totally ignored. There is a reason Cubans are given
asylum when they get here. Asylum is not given lightly. They are refugees! Immigrants from Mexico are
not given asylum! People from Mexico are
not considered refugees. I don't know how to be more simple than that.
Guess you better tell wiki that they have it wrong too...
Before the 1980s, all refugees from Cuba were welcomed into the United States as political refugees. This changed in the 1990s so that only Cubans who reach U.S. soil are granted refuge under the "wet feet, dry feet policy".