this man was born under a thatched palm roof and rural cuba and his mother was illiterate and had polio when he was a child. he had good timing when it came to being deported. what happened was that a few days after that order, the united states announced that there were missiles on the island of cuba. the cuban missile crisis was going on. nobody would've gotten on the airplane go to cuba, deported or ordered or not deported. the reason for that is that all the airports were closed. over the next five years, pedro victor garcia fledge the united states. he had no documents to say that he could be here. it wasn't until 1967 when the climate had changed in the law that had been passed in the year before, the justice act, went into effect, that he was able to appeal for residency again, and this time, he got it. in some respects, it has a little bit of a happy ending. but it had to be an incredibly dramatic experience of the time. and i think that is one of the reasons i kept a picture of him on my desk while i was working on this. i felt like i got to know him. quickly, i will give you t

my grandfather was born to a farming family in rural cuba. childhood polio let him come and the disabled. because he could not work the farm, his family sent him to school. he was the only one in his family who knew how to read. he was a huge influence on the growing up. as a boy, i sat on the porch of my house and listen to his stories about history and politics and baseball. he would puff on one of his three daily cigars. it has been three decades since i last sat on that porch. i do not remember all the things he talked to me about. the one thing i remember is the one thing he wanted me never to forget. the dreams he had when he was young became impossible to achieve. but there was no limit to how far i could go, because i was an american. [cheers and applause] for those of us -- here is why i say that. those of us who were born and raised in this country, sometimes it becomes easy to forget how special america is. my grandfather understood how different america was from the rest of the world because he knew life outside america. tonight,

my grandfather was born to a farming family in rural cuba.hildhood polio left him permanently disabled. because he couldn't work the farm, his family sent him to school. he was the only one in his family that knew how to read. he was a huge influence on me growing up. as a boy, i used to sit on the porch of our house and listen to his stories about history and politics and baseball. as he would puff on one of his three daily pedron cigars. now, i don't remember, it's been three decades since we last sat on that porch. and i don't remember all the things he talked to me about. but the one thing i remember is the one thing he wanted me never to forget, that the dreams he had when he was young became impossible to achieve, but there was no limit how far i could go because i was an american. now, for those of us, here's why i say that. here's why i say that. because for those of us who were born and raised in this country, sometimes it becomes easy to forget how special america is. but my grandfather understood how different america was from the

my grandfather was born to a farming-- farming family in rural cuba. childhood polio left him permanently disabled. because he couldn't work the farm his family sent him to school. he was the only one in his family that knew how to read. he was a huge influence on me growing up. as a boy, i used to sit on the porch of our house and listen to the stories about history and politics and baseball, as he would puff on one of his three daily pedrone cigars. now i don't remember, it's been three decades since we last sat on that porch. and i don't remember all the things he talked to me about. but the one thing i remember is one thing he wanted me never to forget, that the dreams he had when he was young became impossible to achieve. but there was no limit how far i could go because i was an american. (cheers and applause) now for those of us, here's why i say that. here's why i say that. because for those of us who were born and raised in this country, sometimes it becomes easy to forget how special america is. but my grandfather understood how different ame

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my grandfather was born to a farming family in rural cuba. childhood polio left him importantly disabled. because he wouldn't work the farm his family sent him to school. he was the only one in his family who knew how to read. he was a huge influence on me growing up. as a boy i used to sit on the stairs of the house and listen to his story of baseballs as he would puff on one of his three daily cigars. i don't remember. it's been three decades since we last sat on that porch, and i don't remember all the things he talked to me about. but the one thing i remember is the one thing he wanted me to never forget that the dreams he had when he was young became impossible to achieve, but there was no limit how far i could go because i was an american. ( cheers and applause ) now, for those of you-- here's why i say that. here's why i say that, because for those of us who are born and raised in this country, sometimes it becomes easy to forget how special america is. but my grandfather understood how different america was from the rest of the world

he was born to a farming fam flee rural cuba. childhood polio left hes him permanently disabled. he couldn't work the farm so he went to school. he was the only one in the family who knew how to read. he was a huge influence on me. as a boy, i used to sit on the porch of our house and listen to his stories about history, politics and baseball, as he would puff on one of his three daily padron cigars. i don't remember -- it's been 3 decades since we last sat on that porch. i don't remember all the things he talked to me about, but the one thing i remember is the one thing he wanted me never to forget, that the dreams he had when he was young became impossible to achieve. but there was no limit how far i could go because i was an american. >> now, for those of us -- here's why i say that -- here's why i say that. for those of us who were born and raised in this country, it becomes easy to forget how special america is. but my grandfather understood how different america was from the rest of the world because he knew life outside america. tonight, you will hear from another man who

my grandfather was born to a farming family in rural cuba.w to read. was a huge influence on me growing up. as a boy, i used to sit on the porch of my house and listen to the stories of history and politics and baseball, as he was puff on one of the three daily padron cigars and it has been three decades since we sat on the porch. and i don't remember all of the things that he talked to me about, but the one thing i remember is the one thing that he never wanted me to forget is that the dreams he had when he was young became impossible to achieve, but there was no limit how far i could go, because i was an american. [ applause ] now for those of us and here is why i say that, and here is why i say that, because for those who are born and raised in the country, sometimes it becomes easy to forget how special america is, but my grandfather understood how different america was from the rest of the world, because he knew life outside of america. tonight, you will hear from another man who understands what makes america exceptional. mitt romney kn

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