Their entire lives centered around the fact that someday they would climb aboard an American airplane and leave their Cuban prison. It was not an easy decision for them to make. because it meant poverty. inhumane treatment. and the scattering of their families. It was their price for freedom. Mr. President. we have a commitment to uphold today. a commitment made on October 3. 1965. when President Johnson offered asylum for Cuban refugees. He said: I declare this afternoon to the people of Cuba that those who seek -efuge here in America will find it. The dedication of America to our traditions as an asylum for the oppressed is going to be upheld.
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