Morejon-- that's a Cuban name, right? When did your parents arrive in the U.S.?
I'm guessing that you know the answer to that.
Of course I do; I'm the Secretary of State. They were Marielitos, part of the boatlift of 1980.
They were fleeing a repressive regime.
Which is why the good folks in these parts gave them visas--
That you and your president have cravenly cozied up to--
--instead of smearing them a potential Communist sleeper agents sent to destroy our way of life. But, hell, your boat made it here; what do you care, right?
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