The Lawton M. Chiles Center for Florida History at Florida Southern College will hold a lecture about the 1980 Mariel Boatlift on Thursday. In 1980, there was a mass exodus of Cubans seeking refuge ...

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Immigration officials stopped more than 175,000 Cuban migrants who entered the US since October — easily eclipsing the number who arrived during the massive Mariel boatlift of 1980, according to the ...

In 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter welcomed 125,000 Cuban refugees to the United States as part of the Mariel Boatlift. This unprecedented migration accomplished in just a few months embodied the ...

If you grew up in Florida, you probably have heard of the Mariel boatlift. In 1979, some Cuban dissidents decided to seek asylum at the embassies of South American countries. The situation at the ...

President Biden's current migrant crisis is reminiscent of the Mariel boatlift that the Carter administration struggled with in 1980, according to Post columnist Rich Lowry. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via ...

Three professors spoke at a lecture Thursday on the effects of the April 1980 Mariel Boatlift — which brought more than 15,000 Cubans to Miami in a matter of weeks, and about 125,000 refugees by ...

Talk of the Nation listeners, after a show about cheating in college, confessed they took some shortcuts, and felt justified in doing so. Also, listeners shared their perspectives on the Mariel ...