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But already the mere 50.000 or so who have come to southern Florida during the past month have swamped the facilities of the community and forced Washington to reverse the Presidents apparent promise of free entry for one and all. One side effect has been to raise a cry of discrimination among blacks who claim. with reason. that Washington has been more ready to welcome Cubans. many of whom are white. than Haitians. all of whom are black. There is almost no limit to the number of persons from Latin America who would come to the United States if its Immigration barriers were let down and free entry opened to all. But sudden mass migration is impossible in modern urban society. Americas Northern cities are still having trouble digesting the vast migration of people from the corn. cotton. and tobacco plantations of the South who were put out of accustomed work by new technology and invited northwards by wartime wages.