The federal prison on Alcatraz Island housed notorious U.S. criminals such as Al Capone ... 10,000 to 20,000 Cuban detainees during the Mariel Boatlift. However, the site was rejected because ...

"When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals ... 20,000 Cuban detainees during the Mariel Boatlift. However, the site was ...

Juan Ramos – A Cuban refugee who arrived in Florida during the Mariel boatlift, Ramos was living ... witness testifying around the country in criminal cases. He was discredited and proven ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration address on Jan. 20, 2025, included an oft-repeated claim from his campaign: that "illegal immigrants" enter the U.S. from "prisons" and "mental institutions.

In 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter welcomed 125,000 Cuban refugees to the United States as part of the Mariel Boatlift ... that “many of them were criminals.” Forty-five years later ...

A U.S. Marine helps a child off of a Cuban refugee boat during the 1980 Mariel boatlift. Fernando Yovera ... by stating that “many of them were criminals.” Forty-five years later, this ...

Several thousand hardened criminals did make their way to the ... “I’ve had all these opportunities because of the fact that the Mariel boatlift happened … and President Carter was willing ...

As he dealt with the ongoing hostage situation, Carter faced another crisis closer to home when the Mariel ... boatlift saw tens of thousands of Cubans migrate to the US, many of whom were ...

By the time the boatlift ended ... responded by opening the port of Mariel to an exodus, branding those leaving “escoria,” scum. Castro also plucked criminals from jails and mentally ill ...