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Originally posted by Dax
WRONG!
If you do a study of the Hispanics in Miami, you would see that NOW ( 2000's ) Cubans are not the majority of hispanics.. its a nice blend of colombians, argentinians, CENTRAL AMERICANS, etc..
So again.. sorry but I disagree... Yes Cubans were the first big group but now they are not the majority. 
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No. YOU are WRONG. Read my post again. I said "MANY" not "ALL" And if that's not enough, many of the the individuals in that blend of "Colombians, Argentinians, etc" you mentioned are already middle or upper class in their countries when they got here
http://www.census.gov/population/www.../hispanic.html
When you look at the class levels and backgrounds of immigrants, Mexicans have the most diversity [read : thay have a large number of lower income and lower skilled workers] . One of the key reasons many Latinos in Miami are "professionals" is due to their class origin and starting capital upon migration to the US. And this also ties in with already existing Cuban-American capital.
It is an often repeated observation amongst demographics observers that the FURTHER a person immigrates from the higher their origination class/skill levels. This, of course, does not apply to refugees or political asylees. This accounts for AFRICANS' [ie., from continental Africa not african-americans] having a higher education/class level than many other ethnic groups.