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Cuban dancers granted asylum
take first step toward citizenshipLAS VEGAS (AP) - Clutching Social Security applications and asylum authorization letters, a troupe of performers entered a federal office here Friday as one of the largest groups of Cubans ever to defect to the United States. ...snip... Yahima Elias, a 25-year-old singer, said she intends to become a citizen, but first intended to get her Social Security number. "This day means for me the beginning of a new life," Elias said. "Finally we exist in the United States. This means everything is possible if you fight hard." Posted by: Throck Sloluth2577 2005-07-23 |
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