http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/...ews-of-america/

...Cruz recalled going back to Cuba as a sophomore in college, after Castro took power.

“I was shocked,” he said. “This same man that I had heard talking about hope and change now was talking about how the rich was evil, how they oppressed the poor, and about the need to redistribute the wealth. They started attacking freedom of the press. They started confiscating property and freedom was a thing of the past. So I came back to the United States disillusioned. I started speaking against the Castro regime…when I was going to grad school my student visa was extended, and then for a short time I was a political refugee until I got resident status…and later on I became a citizen...”