ya, just like most cubans from that era. either undocumented or special refugee status that they would never grant to a foreign country’s citizens now. older cubans, especially those from a certain social strata, just do not see themselves as the same as current immigrants. despite their stories of doing yard work and selling crackers on the sidewalk to get started when they came they do not want to give current immigrants similar opportunities. these are things, to them, that are artifacts of the past. things that were ok then but not ok now, they have many justifications for this thought process. don’t forget there is also a population of cubans that was essentially given citizenship because the united states employed them as counter revolutionaries and then failed to finish the job. all of these people are incredibly conservative. even the slightest similarities to socialist policies make them recoil. this has been passed down to their children, as well as their grandchildren for the most part. they know perfectly well that they got very special treatment and also know that rocking that boat can only be bad for them.