The 1980 event that came to be known as the Mariel Boatlift marked a turning point ... Within days, a steady convoy of boats was leaving from South Florida to pick up family and friends from ...

On this day in 1980, Cuban President Fidel Castro proclaimed in Havana that any Cuban who wished to immigrate to the United States could board a boat at ... But soon the Mariel boatlift spawned ...

In the spring and summer of 1980, some 125,000 Cuban refugees sailed from the port town of Mariel on fishing boats and pleasure craft toward the U.S., many destined to settle in Miami. Nearly four ...

Back in 1980, an overwhelmed Carter administration struggled to cope with the Mariel boatlift, a rapid surge of Cubans into South Florida, just as the hapless Biden White House is watching the ...

These teenagers escaped from an Army base that served as a holding camp for Cuban refugees during the Mariel Boatlift ... Hundreds of boats ferried Cubans to Florida. “I am full of hope ...

"Marielitos" remember their journeys on the 30th anniversary of the Mariel Boatlift. This is TALK OF THE NATION. Im Neal Conan in Washington. In April of 1980, two large commercial lobster boats ...

The debate within the field of economics often centers on Nobel-prize winner David Card's ground-breaking paper, "The Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami Labor Market." Today on the show ...

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 ...

By claiming migrants were coming from institutions, Trump made a veiled reference to one of the most intense immigration crises of the 1980s: the Mariel boatlift. And he’s not alone. Narratives ...

Almost 40 years after the Mariel Boatlift, top academics don't agree on how this influx of close to 250,000 Cuban immigrants affected Miami's work force. WSJ's Tanya Rivero and Ben Leubsdorf break ...

By claiming migrants were coming from institutions, Trump made a veiled reference to one of the most intense immigration crises of the 1980s: the Mariel boatlift. And he’s not alone. Narratives ...

Back in 1980, an overwhelmed Carter administration struggled to cope with the Mariel boatlift, a rapid surge ... a mad dash of Cubans from Miami in boats who wanted to pick up their compatriots.