When the U.S. Welcomed the 'Pedro Pan' Migrants of Cuba | The Saturday Evening Post
Cold War America resettled unaccompanied minors as an anti-communist imperative. Today, the nation forgets this history.
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Cold War America resettled unaccompanied minors as an anti-communist imperative. Today, the nation forgets this history.
Presently, migrant children are rendered invisible and relegated to the status of a national problem rather than an opportunity — but so were many "Pedro Pans," at least initially. However, that cohort grew into a catalogue of success stories, aided by federal and state assistance and everyday American altruism.
In the 1960s, "Operation Pedro Pan" flew 14,000 Cuban kids to America. A new book by a Ramapo professor looks at a poignant episode.
A rare public rift engulfed the beneficiaries of Operation Pedro Pan after the Miami archbishop compared them to today’s unaccompanied minors.