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The reason we have a Cuban Adjustment Act is because, at the beginning, they [migrants] were fleeing political persecution.

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Marco Rubio
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 28
Lawyer
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United States Senator
Miami
Florida
Marco Antonio Rubio
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