Still More the Local Media Won't Report
Florida "Refugees"
Admitted in FY2009
Total Cuban Haitian Others
27,619 23,876 1,370 2,373
100% 86% 5% 9%
*Costing $124 million in Tax Dollars
For Local “Resettlement” Programs
Admitted in FY2009
Total Cuban Haitian Others
27,619 23,876 1,370 2,373
100% 86% 5% 9%
*Costing $124 million in Tax Dollars
For Local “Resettlement” Programs
But "Refugees” from What?
(A Statistical Disparity)
Country Cuba** Haiti**
Population 11.5 million 9.2 million
Literacy 99.8% 52.9%
Life Exp. 77.6 years 61.4 years
GDP Per Cap. $9,700 $1,300
Median Age 38.8 years 20.5 years
Infant Mortality 5.7 per 1,000 58.7 per 1,000
live births live births
Sources: *Department of Children and Families
**CIA World Fact Book – www.cia.gov
(Haiti data before the 2010 earthquake)
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