RECORD: 10 Cuban-Americans will serve in the next Congress

L to R: Newly elected Cuban-American Members of Congress, Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)

On August 29, 1989 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) made history as the very first Cuban-American and first Latina, of any background, ever elected to Congress.

And ever since she achieved that truly historic milestone, the Cuban-American community has never gone without representation in our nation’s capital.

In fact, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen’s unwavering and uncompromising commitment to freedom, democracy, and Human Rights in every corner of the globe, and especially for her native homeland of Cuba, earned her the name “La Loba Feroz” or “the ferocious she-wolf” by the brutal Castro regime — a moniker she wears as a badge of honor till this very day.

But perhaps, Ros-Lehtinen’s longest-lasting legacy will be that while she may have been the first Cuban-American in Congress, she certainly wasn’t the last.

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who served from 1989–2019, was named “La Loba Feroz” or “the ferocious she-wolf” by the Castro regime for her uncompromising position for freedom & democracy in Cuba.

This January 3rd, a record number of Cuban-Americans will be sworn into the halls of Congress. Including three United States Senators: Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) and seven Members of the US House of Representatives: Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Alex…