Question

The 125,000 cubans who entered the u.s. in 1980 during the "mariel boat lift," were largely

Answer 1

125,000 Cubans came to the US – more than the joined total for the previous 8 years. The coming of people from the Mariel boat lift has shaped tension and argument, specifically in Florida. The Castro Cuban government had branded the Cubans escaping from Mariel as “undesirable”.