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The family wanted a better future for their children,ONE COULD ARGUE THE,Oakley,S. like the Cuban Adjustment Act by which Cubans who reach US soil are allowed to stay and are fast-tracked toward residency"I don't criticize anyone who wants to go visit their mom or dad or their dying brother or sister in Cuba" US Sen Marco Rubio a prominent Florida Republican born in Miami to Cuban parents told the American Society of News Editors earlier this year "But I am telling you it gets very difficult to justify someone's status as an exile and refugee when a year and a half after they get here they are flying back to that country over and over again"Emilio Morales a market researcher in Cuba before immigrating to the US in 2007 characterized the relationship between revolution era exiles and today's arrivals as "bad" He said recent arrivals are not interested in politics and don't feel that something was taken from themCubans have come to American in three general waves: Post-revolution immigrants who faced persecution in Cuba those coming in the 1980s when thousands were permitted to leave by boat chiefly in opposition to the communist government's policies and those who have come since 1994 largely for economic reasons after the collapse of the Soviet UnionAll seven Cuban Americans in Congress come from families that immigrated shortly after 1959 and the majority support hard-line policies toward the island in line with the views of the generation they representThe older generations of Cuban exiles "don't have anything in common with us culturally politically nothing" said Morales 44 who now runs his own consulting business in MiamiRafael Gonzalo 69 who came to the US in 1959 when he was 15 said Cubans who came decades ago rarely interact with recent arrivals Cuban Americans today are immigrants not exiles Gonzalo said and their differences range from how they talk and dress to their work ethic"Those who come don't like to work a lot" he said "You have to look for the root of the problem The problem is in Cuba they don't work"Instead he said they survive by "resolver" which in Cuba means having to invent or barter to make ends meetBlanes cringes when she hears comments like that She spent long hours studying at night while caring for two young daughters to re-establish her career here Many of the unemployed have struggled to find jobs but do want to work she saidBack at the store Benitez empathizes with her clients but feels compelled to remind them of the freedoms they enjoy hereAlthough he doesn't mention it Perez was once arrested for illegally selling meat he butchered in Cuba she said Still she recognizes that persecution was not Perez's main motivation in leaving"Hunger is hunger" Benitez said "Necessity is necessity The freedom is somewhere in there but your stomach is first"Based on reporting by the Associated PressFollow us on Like us at and for those who celebrate our open and tolerant society. Obama