Mel Martinez in The Rise of Marco Rubio, by Manuel Roig-Franzia

On Principles & Values: 1st Cuban-American elected to the U.S. Senate

Castro's dictatorship was taking hold on the island. In 2004 he'd become the 1st Cuban American ever elected to the US Senate. Martinez is a Cuban American who came to the US in Operation Pedro Pan, a US program in which 14,000 Cuban children were sent by their parents to the US between 1960 and 1962 as Source: The Rise of Marco Rubio, by Manuel Rogi-Franzia, p.145-146 Jun 19, 2012

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