Isn't it fascinating? Risk being shot, being eaten by sharks, drowning, or dying as a result of dehydration/starvation to escape a prison island, and get treated as if you strolled across the border to pick avocados and get paid under the table.
What about Chinese escaping Hu and his Communist butchers, who make life-threatening (a great many have died) voyages across the Pacific in search of freedom. Only when they get to America, they're almost never given asylum -- unlike the Cubans who get it automatically.