However, Demetrio Perez, the city commissioner of Miami, led the charge against the film. Estimates assert that the Cuban refugees only included some 2,700 hardened criminals. In "The Oliver Stone Experience", Stone stated "Well, Tony Montana was a gangster ... His mother and his sister represent the clean-cut Cuban community. His mother scolds him: "You're a scumbag, get out of my house! You're ruining your sister!" So there is a strong morality in the movie. I knew about the criticisms even in advance, that Cubans were not like that. But I'm sorry: A lot of Cubans "did" become Marielitos. If I'd done it about Colombians, they would've said the same thing: 'You're anti-Colombian'."