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All immigrants that come to this country come with a dream. The dream is to make a better life for their family, to live without the fear of persecution, to live in a land where opportunity is abundant and to live in a world were all are treated equal. At first they come with the notion that all would be easy to achieve, but they learn that they have to work harder than the average man to achieve their goals. This country has seen its share of immigrants for over a hundred and fifty years and they are still arriving. In the last forty plus years we have seen a large amount of immigration, one of the largest number of the immigrants were Cubans. Within this forty year span of time the Cuban community began to carve their own niche into the American tapestry much like the Italian, Jewish and Irish immigrants many years ago creating their own piece of Havana. Most people are not aware that Cubans have been coming to live in the United States since the late 19th century. The reasons for their move have not changed in over 130 years, it has always been political or economic. These early Cubans made their way to New York and New Jersey and Louisiana where they established their own small communities, but none as large as the o