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	Podcast:		Code Switch
	Episode:		The U.S., Cuba, and the people caught between
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:35:52
	Publish Date:		2026-02-18 08:00:00
	Description:		The U.S. has been deporting people from Cuba in record numbers. That has come as a shock to many Cuban American communities, who had long enjoyed special protections that don't apply to most other immigrant groups. This week on the show we're talking about where this change fits into the trajectory of Cuban immigration to the U.S. We'll hear from Ada Ferrer, a historian at Princeton who shares how her family's divergent paths to the U.S. reverberated through her life. Then, we talk to historian Michael Bustamante of the University of Miami about how U.S.-Cuba immigration policy has evolved since the Cuban Revolution. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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