Why did people settle in Miami florda?

Answer 1

Most Cubans have migrated to Miami to get away from Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba.

An exerpt from the Imigration Policy Brief states that

" In 1959, after Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, thousands of Cubans, including a number with connections to the Batista regime, left the island, primarily via regular means of travel (i.e., scheduled flights). As many as 78,000 arrived in the United States in 1962. In October of that year, Castro halted regular travel between Cuba and America. Except for the period from 1965 to 1973 - during which the Cuban government allowed flights to Miami that permitted approximately 50,000 Cubans to come to America - Cubans seeking to escape the Castro regime have been forced to pursue more dangerous routes into the United States.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Attorney General's authority was used to grant special permission (called "parole") to allow Cubans to enter the country. However, parole only allows an individual permission to enter the country, not to stay permanently. In the case of Cubans, this dilemma was resolved by the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966. As amended, that Act provides that the Immigration status of any Cuban who arrived since 1959 and has been physically present in the United States for at least a year "may be adjusted by the Attorney General…to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence" (green card holder). The individual must be admissible to the United States (i.e., not disqualified on criminal or other grounds)."

Then in 1980, with the Mariel Boatlift, 125,000 or more Cubans left the island in boats headed for Miami over a seven-month period, facing no prospects of leaving Cuba by normal means and seeing no possibility of the regime changing or their families' human rights and economic futures improving.

To read more about the steady Cuban migration, visit:

http://www.ailf.org/ipc/policy_reports_2003_CubanMigration.asp